Mad in America

JANUARY 25, 2025

R esearch has found South Africa consistently ranks in the bottom three performing countries in terms of global mental health. Where treatment is available, pharmaceutical interventions are often all thats on offer. Linda 1 is a 20-year-old Zimbabwean refugee living in South Africa.

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Poverty and mental health Sleep and mental health Aging and mental health Insurance 105

Mad in America

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

I was looking at the global mental health movement coming in and erasing these diverse ways of being human, Dhar explains. Ayurdhi Dhar at a mental health conference in India This issue is exactly what Dhar aims to address through Mad in South Asia (MISA). Farmers in Indi are killing themselves, says Dhar.

Global mental health 52

Global mental health Self-awareness Pharmaceuticals Hospitality 52

Mad in America

AUGUST 5, 2024

T his is the fourth and final part of our blog series on neurodiversity. Even more concerning is the potential for this trend to be exported to non-Western cultures, as has happened with the diagnostic model under the much-criticised Movement for Global Mental Health. The series is being archived here.

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Trauma and the brain Genetics and mental health Self-awareness Personality disorders 144