Mad in America

DECEMBER 30, 2023

New Study Finds Connection Between Childhood Trauma and Psychosis In December, Ashley Bobak wrote about a new study which sheds new light on the profound impact of childhood trauma in the development of psychotic symptoms, particularly in treatment-resistant cases of schizophrenia.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy 144

Dialectical Behavior Therapy Childhood trauma Trauma and the brain Sleep and mental health 144

Mad in America

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

Childhood Trauma : Adverse childhood experiences include physical and emotional abuse, physical and emotional neglect, and family trauma (such as a parent in prison, or witnessing a parent physically abused by the other parent). for those on parole or a supervised release from prison in the past 12 months, and 9.2%

Poverty and mental health 145

Poverty and mental health Childhood trauma Neurotransmitters and mental health Trauma and the brain 145

Mad in America

JUNE 13, 2024

Medical students were tasked with presenting written cases on a variety of patients, finding examples to illustrate the most common psychiatric diagnoses. I had been present during some very distressing resuscitation attempts of young children and the memories of my awful, traumatic experience of boarding school had just surfaced.

Trauma and the brain 145

Trauma and the brain Pharmaceuticals Hospitality Sleep and mental health 145

Mad in America

OCTOBER 24, 2023

His intuitive grasp of how childhood trauma could repress and obliterate memory, fuelling the repetition compulsion of self-destructive patterns of behaviour, was central not only to psychoanalysis, but also our modern understanding of psychological trauma. Portrait of Fyodor Dostoevsky by Vasily Perov, c.

Self-awareness 135

Self-awareness Biopsychosocial model Childhood trauma Sleep and mental health 135

Mad in America

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Trauma seems to have a way of impacting brain function. For people with trauma-impacted brains, smoking isn’t just a way to unwind after a tough day; it’s a tool to quiet an ever-present storm others rarely face. It will come from addressing the root causes—childhood trauma and the systems that perpetuate it.

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Trauma and the brain Poverty and mental health Childhood trauma 105

Mad in America

MAY 2, 2024

A functional psychiatrist may consider one patient’s depression to be the compounding result of childhood trauma and hypothyroidism, and another’s to be the result of metabolic issues, autoimmunity, and food allergies. For example, a condition like depression can both contribute to, and be caused by, multiple other health conditions.

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Trauma and the brain Neurotransmitters and mental health Genetics and mental health Biopsychosocial model 111

The Anxiety Guy

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Are your anxious thoughts and feelings stemming from past conditioning or from your present-day awareness? The Conscious Mind Your conscious mind is where you stay present and aware. Identifying Your Reactions To heal anxiety, ask yourself: Is this anxiety coming from past fears or the present?

Self-awareness 52

Self-awareness Childhood trauma Breathing techniques 52