Mad in America
OCTOBER 13, 2023
Curiously, he seemed captivated by a few quotes from books I had jotted down in my diary, but our sessions continued to be a quiet standoff, a battle of nerves to see who would break the silence first. What I found in some books was as embarrassing as it was shameful. What if your client brought you a gift? What makes you think that?”
Mad in America
MARCH 13, 2025
I got two diagnoses, borderline personality disorder and bipolar disorder with ultra-rapid cycling, a fact that I hid throughout my whole time of service for the hospital. And so, I think it was two months before Mad Camp, I signed up, booked my flight, was accepted and flew to Mad Camp California.
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Mad in America
DECEMBER 30, 2023
Borderline Personality Disorder “No Longer Has a Place in Clinical Practice” Image depicts the thoughts and behaviors typically associated with BPD. In June, Micah Ingle wrote that researchers from the UK and New Zealand argue that Borderline Personality Disorder should be abandoned as a diagnostic category.
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. Moore: I’d like to go on to talk about your 2022 book entitled, Madness: A Philosophical Exploration. James Moore: Justin, welcome.
Mad in America
OCTOBER 23, 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. One book was different to the others in terms of what it admitted.
Mad in America
MAY 15, 2024
Siem: That in itself—just informing your patient that what you’re writing down is a name for a cluster of symptoms rather than a diagnosis—is a radically different strategy than telling someone the meet the criteria for Borderline Personality Disorder or bipolar. Dr. Belmaker said that was one of the motivations for the book.
Mad in America
DECEMBER 1, 2023
On top of it, during the last few years, when I spent more time detained in hospital than at home, some of the nurses accused me of “not wanting to get better” and urged the doctors to label me with “personality disorder.” As a last resort, I underwent experimental psychosurgery in September 2001 (bilateral anterior cingulotomy).
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