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A Mindbody Approach to Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal

Mad in America

From gustav f./ unlearnwithdrawal.substack.com : “‘Protracted Withdrawal Syndrome’ is often approached as a mysterious physical disorder of the central nervous system. Alternatively, a mindbody approach interprets lingering withdrawal experiences as a learned brain state fueled by powerful emotions. Understanding this approach, and how it’s possible to unlearn withdrawal, is what the following video is about.

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Decolonizing Psychiatry in Pakistan: A Reckoning with our Colonial Past and a Call for Reconstruction

Mad in America

Editor’s Note: This article, written by psychiatrist Yousaf Raza, was first published on our affiliate site, Mad in South Asia. “S he was half-conscious when she was brought to me,” our psychiatry professor said, “and this is what she had been prescribed.” He showed us an image of a local psychiatrist’s prescription. The prescription included a total of eight medications, two of which were injections, for a 16-year-old girl who had presented with a two-day history of vague physical symptom