Mad in America

DECEMBER 20, 2023

O n the Mad in America podcast this week, we continue our reader Q&A with Mad in America founder Robert Whitaker. In Part 1 , we discussed Mad in America, the biopsychosocial model and the history of psychiatry. For Part 2, we will be covering reader questions on pharmaceutical marketing and issues with psychiatric treatments including psychiatric drugs and electroconvulsive therapy.

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Mad in America

DECEMBER 20, 2023

From ProPublica : “One night in March 1976, a young advocate for people with ‘mental illness’ arrived at the Idaho statehouse with a warning. Marilyn Sword urged lawmakers not to ratify a system that would ultimately lock away some of Idaho’s most debilitated psychiatric patients in the tiny, concrete cells of a maximum security prison — a kind of solitary confinement with no trial, no conviction and often no charges.

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Mad in America

DECEMBER 20, 2023

These are the last breaths you take; these are the last blood cells to rush through your veins. The walls of the room are the last bit of colour for you to see. Rope on your hand, no one’s at home. They cared but didn’t understand, and now, they don’t have the time to take another look. Every thread of the rope stood out. A flashback was expected, but all you can see is a void waiting for you.

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