Mad in America

OCTOBER 3, 2024

A fter many attempts, I finally managed to come off antidepressants. But then I had to struggle with six years of horrible withdrawal. Recovering from protracted withdrawal was a huge challenge, and I had to approach it wisely, doing everything I could to survive the process and help my body and mind heal. In this article, I will outline what helped and what hindered my healing process.

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Critical Psychiatry

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Ive mentioned before the chapter written by key members involved in the foundation of the Critical Psychiatry Network (see previous post ). The book for which it was written has now been published: Mad Studies Reader , edited by Brad Lewis (who has written a guest post for this blog) et al. My chapter with Ameil Joseph in Mat Savelli et als edited book highlights how mad studies, critical psychiatry, anti-psychiatry, and decolonizing activism contribute to mental health education and transformat

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Mad in America

OCTOBER 3, 2024

O give me in a shrink the god who rolled Ra across the heavenly sky each day from dawn, making everything seem so fresh and young beneath the blessed path of our blazing star that no one could greet a new day and yawn – a dung beetle pushing a pristine ball of dung! A poem desperately against being served the same old s**t. I’m a middle aged Australian pensioner who for the last 20 years has been forced to deal with a mostly wrong diagnosis of schizophrenia as an involuntary patient.

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Potomac Psychiatry

OCTOBER 3, 2024

In the modern age, we're increasingly recognizing that ADHD is not a one-size-fits-all diagnosis. Especially in adults, the lines between ADHD, cognitive impairment, and other neurobiological disorders can blur. I recently treated a complex case involving a patient who presented with ADHD-like symptoms. However, the story wasnt as simple as a straightforward diagnosis of adult ADHD.

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Psychiatry News -- Science Daily

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Rehearsing alternative outcomes of discarding through imagery rescripting shows promise as a treatment strategy for people who hoard, a study by psychology researchers has shown.

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