Mad in America
APRIL 19, 2024
You begin your love for literature with reading: graphic novels, chapter books, anything there is. Wake up, school, homework, sleep, repeat. You start believing the voices and get sent into an unlivable mental state. You can’t cry, you can’t sleep, you can’t feel. They were your favorite as a kid.
Mad in America
MAY 9, 2024
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. This scenario in public psychiatry settings is, unfortunately, a familiar one.
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Lightwork
JANUARY 16, 2025
Are you lying awake at night, your mind racing with thoughts while sleep feels impossibly out of reach? Many women face the challenging combination of insomnia and anxiety, creating a frustrating cycle that affects daily life and mental well-being. Anxiety can have a significant impact on your sleep patterns.
Mad in America
MARCH 30, 2024
I knew in October of 2018 that Matt was in trouble during a phone call, when he told me in a cheerful voice that he had been to the ER for “mental health reasons” but was “fine.” In October 2019, during Matt’s move to a new apartment, I observed that Matt was emotionally paralyzed, unable to pack from lack of sleep.
Mad in America
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
She’s the author of The Anatomy of Anxiety and takes a functional medicine approach to mental health. You mention early in your book The Anatomy of Anxiety , that there’s true anxiety and false anxiety, and that true anxiety pushes us to face these big questions. The transcript below has been edited for length and clarity.
Mad in America
OCTOBER 2, 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. In this blog, he discusses withdrawal and how to taper off psychiatric drugs.
Mad in America
OCTOBER 24, 2024
noted that it is a myth that mental disorders play a significant role in at least 90% of suicides. [6] 6] In most cases, there is no preexisting mental disorder. Instead, the authors quoted a book written by one of them and by Robert D Goldney who has published a review that is a classic example of how one should not do a review. [17]
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