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When the Help Becomes Part of the Problem

Mad in America

I was asked for my ID, insurance, and other things that hospital staff typically ask of a patient. All ten cells that outlined the U-shaped corridor were constructed out of white-painted cinder block, plexiglass, and bolts. They wore white and navy uniforms, gleaming with as much pride as the individuals wearing them had.

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Accounting for Mental Disorder: Time for a Paradigm Shift

Mad in America

Mental health care is under the control of powerful entities: the profession of psychiatry, drug companies, NIMH, primary care doctors, and insurance companies. DNA is the basis for heredity and for constructing the body’s proteins. In short, ten years ago the WHO called for a paradigm shift in mental health care.

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What’s it Like Day-to-Day in Addiction Treatment Rehab?

Clear Behavioral Health

Even though its not a space where you can do absolutely anything, its still a time to learn how to constructively use your time and healthily rest. During this time, its still a type of structured free time where you have the opportunity to journal, self-reflect, and learn how to have healthy leisure activities. 2022, July 7).

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“All Real Living Is Meeting”: Brent Robbins on Love, Death, and the Possibilities of Psychology

Mad in America

Our goal became fostering and advocating for new models that could eventually gain enough traction to be accepted by insurance companies and provide a viable alternative to the DSM and ICD. They constructed imagined stories about the persons life, piecing together details based on what they observed during dissection.

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Modern Psychiatry and the Human Soul and Spirit: Is Our Freedom at Stake?

Mad in America

To be a doctor aiming to practice the art of healing is almost impossible today due to the power of big pharma and insurance companies. How many people have chosen suicide because they cannot bear living a zombie-type existence devoid of clarity of thinking, heart-felt feelings or intentional willing?