Mad in America

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

T he way psychiatry treats those who deviate from the norm is akin to the outdated and unhelpful way that industry used to understand the assembly linesomething that manufacturing started moving away from by the mid-20 th century. Psychiatry, in its treatment of nonconforming human behavior, often mirrors the outdated manufacturing mindset.

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Mad in America

SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

This move “transformed pharmaceutical outfits into companies who market drugs rather than companies who manufacture drugs for the market.” Foucault believed this concept is faulty because it ignores its cultural background—namely, the construction of an institutionalized education system. “If

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Mad in America

JUNE 20, 2024

Either you must admit that you’re on honest person, weather pending, or you have to be flexible with social constructs like “sick” or “honest.” But the person prescribing them (or manufacturing them) has a different problem to solve: explaining why I should still trust them to guide me to wellness. I’ll mention two.

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