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One Person’s Journey from Celebrity Medical Model Advocate to Skeptic: An Interview with Rose Cartwright

Mad in America

Pure portrayed Rose’s autobiographical account of finding that she had OCD, a “mental illness”, and the breakthrough that this medical framework provided her. In this interview, Cartwright charts her journey of painful and lonely disillusionment with the “mental illness” framework. This was short-lived. My OCD had relapsed.

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Smoke ‘Em if You Got ‘Em: Rethinking Smoking as a Trauma Response

Mad in America

Research into Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) has uncovered startling connections between trauma and long-term health behaviors. ACE scores measure the impact of adverse childhood experiences, such as abuse, neglect, or household dysfunction, on long-term health and behavior.