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6 Reasons Men Don’t Get Mental Health Care When They Need It

Psychology Today

Men face unique obstacles to getting care for mental health, but there are ways to help.

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Doctors Are Not Trained to Think Critically

Mad in America

D octors are not trained to think critically. I went to medical school in 1977. I was still only 17 years old but it was a great relief after the horrendous years I had spent at an all-girls boarding school. My fellow students and I started our first year ‘pre-clinical’ training with 4 ½ days a week of lectures. We were expected to assimilate a massive amount of information and then to regurgitate it during the end of the year exams.

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Diary of a Stressed Medic: I Can’t Come Into Work Today

Doctors In Distress Blog

On Wednesday I called my rota-coordinator, L, and I had the mammoth task of trying to put into words how Ive been feeling for the past two months. How do you explain that you just cant do this anymore? That you just cant face going into work today. I ended up saying; Hi L, its A. Im really really sorry. Im meant to be on the 4pm-3am shift today but ever since starting this job Ive just been so stressed out and Im not coping and I just cant come in.

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Nashville School Shooter Audrey Hale Was a Psych Patient

Psychiatric News

Tuesday From X The mass murderer, now 28, had been on psych drugs since she was 8 – EIGHT – years old. After 20 years of psych drugs is it any wonder that she was completely bonkers?

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Building a Mindset for Anxiety Relief and Burnout Recovery

The Anxiety Guy

Welcome to “Stress Less: Building a Mindset for Anxiety Relief and Burnout Recovery,” a transformative episode of The Anxiety Guy Podcast. In this engaging and insightful discussion, we’ll explore powerful mindset shifts to alleviate anxiety and prevent burnout. Enjoy! In today’s fast-paced world, many individuals find themselves grappling with anxiety and burnout.

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What It’s Really Like Inside a Psychiatric Ward

Mad in America

I ‘d never felt claustrophobic until those triple-locked doors slammed shut. For the first time in my life, my movement was restricted. My freedom was curtailed, and I had to abide by someone else’s schedule. This wasn’t prison, although it felt like it. This was a mental hospital — my new home. The most desperate year By 2010, I’d been depressed for three years without respite.

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Mental Illness at Work: To Disclose or Not to Disclose

From Both Sides of the Couch

Personal Perspective: Should you disclose a mental illness to an employer? You may not have to think about it until your illness becomes symptomatic.

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Reframing Mental and Emotional Pain from a Buddhist Psychology Perspective

Mad in America

C onsider this scenario: You’re sipping a cup of tea on a cold morning, enjoying the warmth and flavor, and then the tea is gone. You experience a slight annoyance because the pleasant experience has ended. Or perhaps your beloved pet has become ill, and you experience overwhelming grief as you observe her health deteriorating. From the minor annoyance of finishing a delicious meal to the excruciating pain of losing something dear, we experience pleasant or unpleasant conditions incessantly, in

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Virginal Autonomy by Nidhi Agrawal

Mad in America

After Sylvia Plath ~ “I have given my name and my day-clothes up to the nurses And my history to the anaesthetist and my body to surgeons.” At my eighth, Before he pierced the subcutaneous layer of my nape, He measured my varicose body, clasped with streams of all things medical, Like- How you decode the thatch before digging into the springy grass and the soil underneath.

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“Confidential” 988 Conversation Records Shared with Corporations

Mad in America

Editor’s Note: This story is the second in a two-part series on 988. This piece addresses issues around privacy and the sharing of the contents of conversations for AI development. The first part addresses the increase in unwanted or coercive police and EMS interventions after 988’s implementation, and can be found here: Dramatic Rise in Police Interventions on 988 Callers.