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“War Cry For Change”: Veterans Launch Campaign for Informed Consent and Safe Deprescribing at the VA

Mad in America

I n 2018, still in the throes of painful withdrawal from a psychiatric drug cocktail, U.S. Air Force veteran Derek Blumke began connecting the dots. His independent research into psychiatric drug harm and pharmaceutical industry corruption would eventually lead him to Mad in America, where he launched the Veterans’ & Military Families Initiative in 2019.

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How Does Anxiety Affect Children’s Learning?

Now Psych

Anxiety Affects Children’s Learning in Many Ways Children can be prone to anxiety , just like adults. Unfortunately, they often lack the words to describe their anxiety so parents may not be entirely aware of it. When children have to deal with their anxiety on their own, it can affect their learning in school and other aspects of life. So how does anxiety affect children’s learning?

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Finding Your Light: An Uplifting Message for Anxiety Sufferers

The Anxiety Guy

This is a message for anxiety sufferers who are currently stuck in the limbo between progress and anxiety setbacks. Allow a part of this anxiety guy podcast episode to speak to you deeply and get you back on the true and lasting anxiety recovery path. Enjoy! Show notes for this this episode on an uplifting messages for anxiety sufferers: Anxiety can feel like a relentless storm, obscuring the light of hope and trapping sufferers in a cycle of fear and uncertainty.

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Is Good Enough Good Enough?

From Both Sides of the Couch

Personal Perspective: Since starting my new job, I've been struggling with feelings of inadequacy. I know the roots lay in my relationship with my father.

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Prescription Drugs: The Hidden Costs to Health and the Planet

Mad in America

A ccording to the IQVIA Institute report, “The Use of Medicines in the U.S. 2024,” healthcare visits, procedures, tests, and vaccinations decreased but the number of new prescriptions saw a 3% increase. Pharmaceutical spending in the U.S. is expected to increase by 127 billion dollars by 2028. This is thought to be due in part to advancements in medicines for cancer and diabetes treatments, among others.

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Green Star Mother Demands Answers from VA Secretary

Mad in America

Editor’s note: Green Star Families are families who have lost a veteran by suicide. T wo or three days after my son Cody Camacho, an Army veteran, took his own life, I was sitting at his dining room table with a good friend of his who had been talking with him about opening a business—but would now serve as one of his pallbearers. We were trying to put together the pieces, repeating over and over what everyone said: “But he just wouldn’t leave his girls.

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My Red October – An Army Veteran’s Crucible to Recovery

Mad in America

M y brother Jesse sat next to me on the couch in my living room. Two police officers stood inside my entryway, watching us. My mind raced. I believed my brother’s life was in danger. I believed I was the only person who knew it and only I could save him. If only I could stop the police officers from reading my mind — as I knew they were — and prevent them from spoiling my plan.

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Madness, Utopia and Revolt: An Interview With Sasha Warren

Mad in America

S asha Durakov Warren is the author of the new book Storming Bedlam: Madness, Utopia, and Revolt published by Common Notions Press. Sasha is a writer based in Minneapolis. His experiences within the psychiatric system and a commitment to radical politics led him to co-found the group Hearing Voices – Twin Cities , which provides an alternative social space for individuals to discuss often stigmatized, extreme experiences and network with one another.

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It’s You, It’s Not Me: Treatment Resistant Depression and the Psychiatric Breakup

Mad in America

“Insanity is relative. It depends on who has who locked in what cage.” —Ray Bradbury The Break-Up J ustine 1 was in her mid-twenties, queer, a good dresser, and a little insecure about her pandemic weight-gain. She recently quit her security job. Justine’s security duties included kicking people out of the doorways and stairwells where they slept or got high.