Mad in America

OCTOBER 25, 2023

In this interview, we talk about her experiences of withdrawal from a cocktail of psychiatric drugs and her debut memoir, May Cause Side Effects , published in 2022 which is one of the first books on antidepressant withdrawal to make it to the mass market. The transcript below has been edited for length and clarity. Everything is so reactive.

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Mad in America

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

His most recent book is Madness: A Philosophical Exploration , published by Oxford University Press in 2022. I’m delighted to get to chat with you about your work and your latest book. So why do we call schizophrenia a mental disorder, but not believing in conspiracy theories? James Moore: Justin, welcome.

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Mad in America

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Editor’s Note: Over the next several months, Mad in America is publishing a serialized version of Les Ruthven’s book, Much of U.S. In this blog, he introduces the book. Each Monday, a new section of the book is published, and all chapters are archived here. Healthcare is Broken: How to Fix It. as in a Ph.D.

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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. This alienation is of course quite stressful and a source of ill-health. The natural course of depression without any medication?

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Mad in America

MAY 2, 2024

The prevailing logic goes: if we can validate biometric tests that are clinically predictive of mental health concerns like in other medical fields, we can more precisely, effectively, and without (solely) subjective clinical observation, treat the malady. Should we give up the search for biomarkers altogether?

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Mad in America

JULY 6, 2024

The author, Laura Guerra, is the author of the book Stopping Psychotropic Drugs: How and Why and has translated books by Joanna Moncrieff and Peter Breggin. Premise In our information we always emphasize that psychotropic drugs do not have a specific action on mental problems or psychopathology, but only on their symptoms.

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Mad in America

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

My sister took antidepressants and my family has a lot of mental health issues, so based on that, I was thrown into the same category. I decided to agree with the medical model, that it was a genetic disease that could be treated with a medication, like diabetes. Being a brain doctor, he focused on the headaches. I was angry.

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Mad in America

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

I didn’t know Wallace was a poster boy for antidepressant withdrawal because I didn’t know that antidepressant withdrawal was common, or that I would be experiencing it myself and understanding firsthand the hellish bodily and mental feelings that make one long for death, for everything to stop. There are no studies, not yet.

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Mad in America

APRIL 16, 2024

As an example, the Danish Board of Health has warned that adding a benzodiazepine to a neuroleptic increases mortality by 50-65%. Genetic association studies have come up empty-handed and so have brain imaging studies, which are generally highly flawed. Deadly medicines and organised crime: How big pharma has corrupted health care.

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Lawyers with Depression

DECEMBER 3, 2023

She is the author of six books on the treatment of anxiety and depression published by W.W. An international trainer of mental health professionals, Dr. Sadness is a response to a specific situation in which we usually have some kind of loss. The first part is genetics. Its a genetic predisposition towards depression.

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Child Mind Intitute

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Citizen scientists will use Healthy Brain Network data on physical activity and internet use; competition sponsored by Dell Technologies and NVIDIA New York, NY The youth mental health crisis has many causes, but one rising concern is technology. The internet is a vital tool for education, entertainment, and connection.

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Mad in America

JANUARY 1, 2024

Editor’s Note: Over the next several months, Mad in America is publishing a serialized version of Les Ruthven’s book, Much of U.S. Each Monday, a new section of the book is published, and all chapters are archived here. Healthcare is Broken: How to Fix It.

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Bullet Psych

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

Epidemiology & Pathogenesis 4 , 5 Genetics , environmental influences , and mental health comorbidities contribute to vulnerability. Prevalence : Data from the 2023 United States National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) 10.2% Exclude other causes of altered mental status (e.g., ADH1B, ALDH2) play a role.

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National Association for the Advancement of Psycho

OCTOBER 20, 2018

Neubauer were conducting a study of identical twins and, in these three brothers case, triplets who would be separated at birth to determine whether genetics or environment was more important. The biological mother was Jewish, diagnosed with severe mental illness, schizophrenia. This is a necessary book!

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Bullet Psych

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Epidemiology & Pathogenesis 4 , 5 Genetics , environmental influences , and mental health comorbidities contribute to vulnerability. Exclude other causes of altered mental status (e.g., See Day #160: Introduction to Substance Use Disorders for complete diagnostic criteria and severity specifiers. of the U.S.

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Mad in America

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

His work spans everything from the cultural history of mental illness to mindfulness, death anxiety, and resiliencenot the hollow kind that comes from pretending everythings fine, but the kind that comes from staring into the void and refusing to flinch. On a personal note, Brent has played a foundational role in my own journey.

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Mad in America

APRIL 24, 2024

As a Professor of Medical Anthropology at Harvard University’s Department of Global Health and Social Medicine and a Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, Kleinman has profoundly influenced how medical professionals understand the interplay between culture, illness, and healing. Listen to the audio of the interview here.

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Global mental health Poverty and mental health Genetics and mental health Healthcare 105

Mad in America

AUGUST 5, 2024

Within this, some parts of the neurodiversity movement take an uncritical or neutral perspective on the validity of psychiatric diagnoses such as—but not limited to—ASD and ADHD, backed up by unsubstantiated claims about biological and genetic causal factors. This heterogeneity makes it difficult to generalise.

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Mad in America

OCTOBER 18, 2023

R ay Moynihan is an accomplished health journalist and author who has won several awards for his work. This applies in the mental illness world and everywhere in medicine. I started writing books. My first book was called ‘ Too Much Medicine. ’ I got a Harkness Fellowship and went to Harvard to study this more.

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Bullet Psych

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

It influences one or more mental functions, including memory, orientation, mood, judgment, and behavioral and social functioning. Epidemiology: The "Who" and the "Why" 5 , 6 , 7 SUDs are a major public health issue, leading to substantial morbidity, mortality, and economic burden.

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Bullet Psych

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

IRT involves using mental imagery to modify and rehearse an improved outcome of a recurrent nightmare. General risk factors include irregular sleep schedules, sleep deprivation , increased stress, anxiety, other mental health issues, sleeping in a supine position (on the back), and familial patterns suggest a potential genetic component.

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Mad in America

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Editor’s Note: Over the next several months, Mad in America is publishing a serialized version of Peter Gøtzsche’s book, Critical Psychiatry Textbook. Each Monday, a new section of the book is published, and all chapters are archived here. 650 None of this history is found in Insel’s book or on NIMH’s website.

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Mad in America

OCTOBER 21, 2023

Thomas Insel, director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) from 2002-2015, acknowledged in 2011, “Whatever we’ve been doing for five de­cades, it ain’t working. adults now takes an antidepressant”; however, Time continued, “Mental health is getting worse by multiple metrics. As of late 2022, just 31% of U.S.

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Technology Genetics and mental health Pharmaceuticals Sleep and mental health 143