Blog Hospitality Sleep and mental health 
Mad in America
JULY 19, 2024
D uring my first psychiatric hospitalization in 1998, I was strapped down, placed in 4-point restraints, and administered a painful catheter—apparently because I had peed on the floor during the course of my psychotic episode. This blog is not about the cruelty of psychiatric institutions, although they can be cruel.
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. Photo by tuxone The Mental State of the World Report measures the mental health of internet users only, making it limited in the South African context where close to one-third of the population isnt online.
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Mad in America
MAY 9, 2024
He was confused, not fully out of the psychotic episode that had landed him in the hospital weeks before. The topic of mental health is on the public’s mind, whether it’s the popularizing of therapy speak, the increased attention paid to severe mental illness and homelessness, or pop psychology advice on TikTok.
Mad in America
JULY 9, 2024
Such patients have enough social and mental quirks to merit permanent custodial care.” I think we can gain some insight from Jacques Derrida’s work on hospitality. Derrida begins his study with an etymological analysis of the word “hospitality.” ” There are many interesting implications of this paper.
Mad in America
DECEMBER 30, 2023
H ere we highlight the top ten of Mad in America’s most read blogs and personal stories of 2023. Universal DBT in Schools Increases Anxiety, Depression, Family Conflict In October, Peter Simons wrote about research asking if dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) can actually make kids’ mental health worse.
Mad in America
MARCH 19, 2024
The pastor prayed for me and referred us to a hospital by giving us the contact of a psychiatric nurse. The doctor gave me an injection and also placed me on Risperdal, which had side effects such as overeating, excessive sleeping, bloating and agitation. My mother and I were questioned and I was diagnosed with schizophrenia.
Mad in America
MAY 31, 2024
At one point, the counselor called back and indicated a hospital would take her. I was not ready for this, as I was so exhausted, and I asked her to call back after I had a few hours of sleep. Please, I told her, I need a bit of sleep before I drive her there, as the hospital was some 110 miles away. She called again.
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