Mad in America
NOVEMBER 4, 2023
W hat is madness? Is it merely a colloquial term for “mental illness,” one that is alternatively reviled and reclaimed? Is it merely the lack of reason? Or is madness a distinctive style of reasoning in its own right? Is it a distinctive mode of living and acting in the world, one with equal value to our exalted image of sanity? For that matter, what is sanity?
Behavioral Health Center of Excellence (BHCOE)
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
The Behavioral Health Center of Excellence (BHCOE), through its quality measurement innovations, is pleased to announce the launch of the National Autism Data Registry (NADR), an online outcomes tracking system and value-based care enablement platform for individuals with autism across the nation.
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Credible Mind
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
In partnership with Sign Up Now NACCHO believes empowering communities to address behavioral health issues upstream, with a public health approach emphasizing early intervention strategies, is critical. We are excited to launch the Behavioral Health 360 partnership to help bring CredibleMinds digital self-care platform to communities, enabling our members to expand behavioral health access rapidly and effectively, while combatting the stigma often associated with mental health.
Mad in America
NOVEMBER 10, 2023
I was in the hospital with an undiagnosable physical illness that presented with multiple, some would say peculiar, symptoms. After test results revealed nothing, I was handed over to the head psychiatrist who noted in my files that I was delusional, had factitious disorder, somatic symptom disorder, psychosis due to psychotic delusions, was a danger to myself, very mentally ill, and was not aware of my mental illness; and over 20 psychiatrists at this teaching hospital simply agreed with these
Mad in America
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
#988 first appeared in a report to Congress in August 2019 wherein Federal Communications Commission (FCC) staff proposed it as a nationwide, easy-to-remember calling code for people who were suicidal or otherwise in emotional distress. Approximately one year later in July 2020, the FCC adopted rules to begin establishing #988, and in October of the same year, the National Suicide Hotline Designation Act was signed into law.
Mad in America
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
In a new study, researchers found that four of the five original studies on the effectiveness of alprazolam (Xanax) found it to be no better than placebo. Two of the negative studies remain unpublished, while two more were spun to appear positive in publication despite the drug’s failure to beat the placebo. Only one of the five studies considered by the FDA in approving the drug actually showed a positive result.
Mad in America
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
I n the first essay of this three-part series, I noted that current estimates of the incidence of antidepressant withdrawal range from 1% to 50%; and that patients’ beliefs and hopes, and the availability of alternative treatments, influence how they hear explanations of antidepressant risk. Now let’s think about where and when patients hear those explanations.
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Mad in America
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
From The New York Times : “When Javier Ortiz came home from a secret mission in Syria, the ghost of a dead girl appeared to him in his kitchen. She was pale and covered in chalky dust, as if hit by an explosion, and her eyes stared at him with a glare as dark and heavy as oil. The 21-year-old Marine was part of an artillery gun crew that fought against the Islamic State, and he knew that his unit’s huge cannons had killed hundreds of enemy fighters.
Mad in America
NOVEMBER 8, 2023
O ur guest today is Diane Dimond, a longtime, award-winning investigative journalist specializing in crime and justice issues. As a freelance journalist, syndicated columnist, and former television correspondent, her reporting and commentary have been featured in newspapers, magazines, and TV news outlets across the country. She’s also the author of several books, including Be Careful Who You Love: Inside the Michael Jackson Case , which she wrote after years of groundbreaking reporting on the t
Mad in America
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
Editor’s Note: Over the next several months, Mad in America is publishing a serialized version of Peter Gøtzsche’s book, Critical Psychiatry Textbook. In this blog, he discusses the many studies finding poor long-term results with psychiatric drugs and how the drugs lead to a more chronic course for depression and psychosis. Each Monday, a new section of the book is published, and all chapters are archived here.
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