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Don’t Call Me a Therapist

Mad in America

The author, Erik Rudi, voluntarily relinquishes the authority of being a “psychologist” and “healthcare professional.” But I give you access to my professional perspectives and reflections, in the hope and belief that you will be able to use them for increased self-awareness and personal growth.

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Depression: Psychiatry’s Discredited Theories and Drugs Versus a Sane Model and Approach

Mad in America

Critical Thinking: Ironically, while a denial of painful realities can cause problems, an awareness of painful realities can fuel depression and anxiety. This shut down can result in complete immobilization or a fear of such immobilization, both of which are psychologically painful, and this can result in the pain of self-loathing and shame.

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We Are Amidst the Age of Behavioral Alchemy

Mad in America

My anecdotal explanation is that psychologists and psychiatrists are more concerned with self-preservation and their own ego, despite the latter actually being medical doctors. THE STATE OF PSYCHOLOGY AND MENTAL HEALTHCARE TODAY I routinely rummage through all the biographies of professors at leading universities.

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Toxic Interactions: Social Circumstances and Well-Being

Mad in America

There is continuing discrimination in the workplace and in healthcare settings. Every doctoral student discovers this, and, equally, discovers that their success is going to depend upon becoming deeply immersed in the details of what is already agreed within their chosen, narrow, self-contained field of study.

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Part 4: Neurodiversity: New Paradigm, or Trojan Horse?

Mad in America

We consider the consequences of diagnosis as a form of social identity; of neurodivergence as a form of disability; and of self-diagnosis. Some of them self-identify as disabled, a category which—like neurodivergence itself—is extremely heterogenous. The consequences of ‘diagnosis as identity.’