Mad in America

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

For months, the GP had focused on an alleged traumatic event causing her significant psychological distress. They could not recall any traumatic event, confirming instead a stable and nurturing home life. There have also been notable shifts in the types of traumatic events leading to PTSD.

Resilience and coping 141

Resilience and coping Self-awareness Nutrition and mood Sleep and mental health 141

Mad in America

DECEMBER 30, 2023

Universal DBT in Schools Increases Anxiety, Depression, Family Conflict In October, Peter Simons wrote about research asking if dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) can actually make kids’ mental health worse. times more likely to have experienced adverse childhood events than healthy individuals.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy 144

Dialectical Behavior Therapy Childhood trauma Trauma and the brain Sleep and mental health 144

Mad in America

JUNE 13, 2024

By the time we got to our clinical studies and spent most of our time rotating around the various specialities in the local hospitals, we were well used to being subjected to belittling treatment at the hands of our superiors. The prospect of spending time in the large institution, Springfield Psychiatric Hospital in Tooting, was scary.

Trauma and the brain 145

Trauma and the brain Pharmaceuticals Hospitality Sleep and mental health 145

Mad in America

AUGUST 10, 2024

It will be easier to dive into the depths of darkness and despair that I went through as a mental health patient if I start with a story of hope. I am typing this blog in the back of a taxi wending its way to the airport through the hilly landscape of Sardinia, my beautiful daughter sleeping in the seat beside me.

Sleep and mental health 110

Sleep and mental health Trauma and the brain Social Services Aging and mental health 110

Mad in America

JANUARY 3, 2025

He said that if I were in the hospital when my court case came up, the judge would probably throw the case out of court. He drove me to the hospital. It was clear to me that the whole succession of events had happened because I was in public disgrace. He was quite firm that I had to face the consequences of my actions.

Retail 104

Retail Sleep and mental health Hospitality Self-awareness 104

Mad in America

OCTOBER 27, 2023

On this journey to find answers about my health a realization occurred — I have been having ocular and abdominal migraines since I was a child. I recall hearing my parents fight through the walls as I tried to sleep at night. The next day I approached my mother and asked why they were fighting the night before.

Bipolar disorder 111

Bipolar disorder Sleep and mental health Aging and mental health Early intervention 111

Mad in America

OCTOBER 24, 2024

noted that it is a myth that mental disorders play a significant role in at least 90% of suicides. [6] 6] In most cases, there is no preexisting mental disorder. And when studying rare events, it is unacceptable to lose statistical power by including only “recent” trials. 5] In 2017, Norwegian Professor Heidi Hjelmeland et al.

Aging and mental health 145

Aging and mental health Pharmaceuticals Sleep and mental health Insurance 145

Mad in America

JUNE 28, 2024

A few months ago, I attended a live Zoom event on Guidely with Dr. Gabor Maté, author of The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness & Healing in a Toxic Culture. She also revealed that a neighbor had to take us to the hospital. Plus a third prescription antidepressant for sleep such as amitriptyline or trazodone. I can smile.

Trauma and the brain 128

Trauma and the brain Aging and mental health Autism spectrum Genetics and mental health 128

Mad in America

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Vibrant Says… Vibrant Emotional Health (Vibrant) is described as “one of the nation’s leading mental health organizations.” But never have I ever ‘secret shopped’ anything in the ‘mental health’ world before. Mental health system providers rarely apologize, so that was meaningful even if only a small thing.

Sleep and mental health 130

Sleep and mental health Self-awareness Resilience and coping Hospitality 130

Mad in America

JANUARY 12, 2024

I was experiencing my first manic episode, brought on by a traumatic event. I hadn’t had a chance to put a bra on yet that day, as I had gone to sleep under the impression that my mother was going to defend me. I hadn’t gone to the hospital. We were speeding towards Easton, so I assumed it was to the hospital.

Sleep and mental health 105

Sleep and mental health Trauma and the brain Hospitality Aging and mental health 105

Mad in America

JULY 26, 2024

Two years earlier, I’d been prescribed a litany of psychiatric drugs as treatment for a life-threatening event I experienced as a San Bernardino Deputy Sheriff. He went to the hospital—subdued and in custody—for his wounds, and I went to the hospital for mine. I began to finally heal and take my mental health seriously.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 111

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Sleep and mental health Hospitality Healthcare 111

Mad in America

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

I’ve come here from the surgical emergency department, where I spent a week to date before having my third mental breakdown that spring. Even before that, I had had covid and sustained long-term breathing difficulties that the health center refused to investigate. I don’t know if there is a custom of modesty in hospitals.

Legal 103

Legal Sleep and mental health Hospitality Healthcare 103

Mad in America

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Both practitioners and health researchers shape the kind of healthcare delivered to patients but, unfortunately, practitioner influence has been substantially greater than the scientific health research influence in shaping clinical practice. This has resulted in both good and poor healthcare.

Healthcare 94

Healthcare Sleep and mental health Insurance Pharmaceuticals 94

Mad in America

OCTOBER 23, 2023

639 Psychiatrists are also “educated” with industry’s hospitality more often than any other specialty. He mentioned that the DSM-IV criteria for primary insomnia do not consider one of the commonest non-medical reasons for difficulty sleeping, a noisy environment. 643 The three professors’ praise of the drugs continued.

Sleep and mental health 119

Sleep and mental health Education Personality disorders Hospitality 119

Mad in America

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The vast majority of psychiatrists and non-psychiatric physicians still hold onto the belief, despite overwhelming scientific evidence, that behavioral health disorders are diseases of the brain and for most of these “diseases” the primary and, for many of physicians, the sole treatment is pharmaceuticals! according to the maker.

Healthcare 97

Healthcare Sleep and mental health Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Pharmaceuticals 97

Zencare

JANUARY 2, 2025

As for Alice, I never understood the panic attack to sleep with your best friends summer fling pipeline, but man is it sticky I hope Alice can deal with the consequences that will come along with this. while his daughters family is in town for her work event. Get monthly mental health & wellness tips!

Sleep and mental health 52

Sleep and mental health Hospitality Construction 52

Mad in America

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

An account of the abuse he suffered after being hospitalized in a psychiatric facility at age 15 and the long journey toward joy and awe that followed, his memoir was published this spring by Penguin Random House. If you don’t mind, if we could start with the chair—with your hospitalization. How did this story start?

Hospitality 129

Hospitality Sleep and mental health Aging and mental health Insurance 129

Mad in America

NOVEMBER 9, 2024

The truth is that, in our “diagnostic culture,” all these behaviors and emotions will be translated as symptoms of some mental disorder classified in the DSM. In his words: “Hospitals are part of life in this world. That anguished search ended, tragically, with her first psychiatric hospitalization.

Genetics and mental health 109

Genetics and mental health Hospitality Sleep and mental health Technology 109

Zencare

MARCH 3, 2025

Mental health professionals recommend ongoing support to help manage mood swings, prevent relapses, and ensure overall well-being. There are different types of mood episodes: Manic episodes (severe symptoms that may require hospitalization). Sleep deprivation with little need for rest. Impulsive decision-making (e.g.,

Bipolar disorder 52

Bipolar disorder Sleep and mental health Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Healthcare 52

Mad in America

OCTOBER 21, 2023

Thomas Insel, director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) from 2002-2015, acknowledged in 2011, “Whatever we’ve been doing for five de­cades, it ain’t working. adults now takes an antidepressant”; however, Time continued, “Mental health is getting worse by multiple metrics. As of late 2022, just 31% of U.S.

Technology 143

Technology Genetics and mental health Pharmaceuticals Sleep and mental health 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

Mad in America

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Peer respites are an innovative and cost effective alternative to psychiatric hospitalization, and these resources are badly needed across the country. In late 2022, the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) issued a public request for grant proposals, and our organization was chosen to create and operate a peer respite in Southern Oregon.

Sleep and mental health 104

Sleep and mental health Legal Hospitality Nonprofits 104