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DECEMBER 31, 2024

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Genetics and mental health 141

Genetics and mental health Poverty and mental health Resilience and coping Global mental health 141

Mad in America

JANUARY 8, 2025

Things like family stress, domestic violence, racism, ethnocentrismeven the global wars we are seeing right nowaffect peoples mental health. Recently, my therapist said her clients were crying about things going on in the world, not about their jobs, but about national events. Theres a disconnect. She never wrote back.

Poverty and mental health 123

Poverty and mental health Trauma and the brain Global mental health Hospitality 123

Mad in America

AUGUST 5, 2024

Even more concerning is the potential for this trend to be exported to non-Western cultures, as has happened with the diagnostic model under the much-criticised Movement for Global Mental Health. This appears to be a real, although currently not widespread, possibility, as discussed here.

Trauma and the brain 143

Trauma and the brain Genetics and mental health Self-awareness Personality disorders 143

Mad in America

JUNE 29, 2024

The theme of the conference was public mental health. It was a star-studded event, with prominent figures from world psychiatry in attendance. Elites of the global mental health movement such as Vikram Patel were also present and so were eminent Indian psychiatrists, especially from public sector teaching hospitals.

Global mental health 120

Global mental health Poverty and mental health Sleep and mental health Trauma and the brain 120