Mad in America

OCTOBER 12, 2023

’ O’Sullivan suggests that for recovery, community support is needed, including ‘…a community that can tolerate imperfection and failure, and which has the humility to put aside its vested interests.’ Worse still, the patients may find themselves in battles with the medical establishment.’

Community support 133

Community support 133

Mad in America

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

She published a number of books such as Myth of the Chemical Cure: A Critique of Psychiatric Drug Treatment and The Bitterest Pills: The Troubling Story of Antipsychotic Drugs. .” Over the years I have been following Joanna Moncrieff, a British psychiatrist and academic.

Trauma and the brain 125

Trauma and the brain Family dynamics Bipolar disorder Community support 125

Mad in America

AUGUST 3, 2024

Iatrogenesis is social when medicine as an institution and a bureaucracy creates ill-health by increasing stress; by subverting autonomy and community support; and by depoliticizing sources of illness. For Illich, the iatrogenesis of modern medicine is clinical when harm to individuals results specifically from medical treatment.

Genetics and mental health 139

Genetics and mental health Sleep and mental health Hospitality Technology 139

Mad in America

DECEMBER 20, 2023

If you go before 1980, back to DSM-I and DSM-II, those books tell of how psychiatric disorders often are reactions to difficulties in the environment or, say, to stressors in the family. Was it related to medical insurance or government programs? There was always a core group of biological disorders, but that was a small group.

Pharmaceuticals 144

Pharmaceuticals Aging and mental health Biopsychosocial model Hospitality 144

Mad in America

JULY 17, 2024

N eil Gong is an assistant professor of sociology at UC San Diego, where he researches psychiatric services, homelessness, and how communities seek to maintain social order. In our conversation, we unpack the critical insights from his book and explore the broader implications of his research.

Poverty and mental health 138

Poverty and mental health Hospitality Family dynamics Nonprofits 138

Mad in America

MAY 4, 2024

As of 2023, such laws were on the books in 47 states and the District of Columbia—leaving just Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Maryland as holdouts. Yet, in many of America’s underfunded and under-resourced community-based systems, it is often impossible for people to access care until and unless they are in a crisis.

Poverty and mental health 127

Poverty and mental health Legal Self-awareness Nonprofits 127