Mad in America

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Another paper confirmed that, like the public but unlike most psychiatrists, the majority of people who are prescribed antipsychotics have psycho-social rather than bio-genetic causal explanations for their difficulties 11. Perhaps they have personally had a bad experience with mental health services but not with this particular treatment?

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Mad in America

MARCH 20, 2024

Mad in America has previously examined the problems with conflicts of interest in research but this time we extend that to look at the potential effect of COIs on diagnostic tools such as the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). We don’t see that in the mental health field. Moore: Thank you so much.

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Harmony United Psychiatric Care

APRIL 3, 2023

Major depressive disorder commonly referred to as depression, is a serious and common mental health condition that affects millions of people globally. Depression can be caused by various factors, including genetics, life […]

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Mad in America

APRIL 16, 2024

As an example, the Danish Board of Health has warned that adding a benzodiazepine to a neuroleptic increases mortality by 50-65%. Genetic association studies have come up empty-handed and so have brain imaging studies, which are generally highly flawed. References 1 Gøtzsche PC. of patients treated for one year. 2 Gøtzsche PC.

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ADDitude

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

A 101 on Epigenetics Reading Genes Genes play an important role in shaping a wide range of traits and characteristics, from hair and eye color to susceptibility to mental health conditions. Yet, genetic influences are less fixed than one might think. Epigenetic alterations have been linked to numerous poor health outcomes.

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Mad in America

JULY 6, 2024

Premise In our information we always emphasize that psychotropic drugs do not have a specific action on mental problems or psychopathology, but only on their symptoms. Essentially, the development of this hypersensitivity can cause abnormal reactions when the same drug or a different drug is reintroduced.

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Mad in America

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Moore: We’re here to talk about some of your experiences of the mental health system and polypharmacy, experiences which are beautifully captured in your book, May Cause Side Effects , published by Central Recovery Press in 2022. Thank you so much for joining me today for the Mad In America podcast. Everything is so reactive.

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Kids Mental Health Info

MAY 13, 2015

From from the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry : “Conduct disorder” refers to a group of repetitive and persistent behavioral and emotional problems in youngsters. They are often viewed by other children, adults and social agencies as “bad” or delinquent, rather than mentally ill.

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Kids Mental Health Info

MAY 13, 2015

Current research suggests a combination of brain changes, biochemical causes, genetic and environmental factors. An experienced clinician should be able to differentiate changes in thinking, feelings, and unusual behavior that could be due to a persons or their families cultural belief system versus changes caused by a mental illness.

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Solara Mental Health

JULY 27, 2023

For more information regarding the three types of ADHD, and the primary symptoms of each one, please refer to the previous article in this series. Factors that may affect the development of ADHD can be: The mix of genetics that makes the development of ADHD likely can certainlyrun in a family. It is treatable and manageable.

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Mad in America

JANUARY 1, 2024

At one time I thought that the FDA efficacy standard for psychiatric drug treatment of mental health problems has a lower standard than for general medicine, but later in my review of health research I found that in many cases this was not true (as I will discuss in Chapter 6). The post Much of U.S.

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Solara Mental Health

AUGUST 16, 2021

This highly focused mental state is what Hungarian-American psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi calls flow. This is why Csikszentmihalyi refers to mindfulness, being present, and acknowledging what is happening and what needs to be done. For example, a person may experience happiness through their accomplishments at work.

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Mad in America

APRIL 24, 2024

As a Professor of Medical Anthropology at Harvard University’s Department of Global Health and Social Medicine and a Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, Kleinman has profoundly influenced how medical professionals understand the interplay between culture, illness, and healing. Listen to the audio of the interview here.

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Global mental health Poverty and mental health Genetics and mental health Healthcare 105

Mad in America

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

His work spans everything from the cultural history of mental illness to mindfulness, death anxiety, and resiliencenot the hollow kind that comes from pretending everythings fine, but the kind that comes from staring into the void and refusing to flinch. On a personal note, Brent has played a foundational role in my own journey.

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Mad in America

AUGUST 5, 2024

Within this, some parts of the neurodiversity movement take an uncritical or neutral perspective on the validity of psychiatric diagnoses such as—but not limited to—ASD and ADHD, backed up by unsubstantiated claims about biological and genetic causal factors. Instead, it describes a specific ‘neurominority’ , a particular kind of person.

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Mad in America

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Serious mental illness can lead to psychiatric contact and the use of other psychiatric drugs and to a suicide attempt. ” They referred to a Danish registry study, and there were no reservations whatsoever about the conclusion. Number eight was my comment on the National Board of Health’s website.

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Aging and mental health Genetics and mental health Sleep and mental health Pharmaceuticals 145

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. Fear of returning to a place where they give you medication and channel you back to mentally ill normality.”

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Mad in America

OCTOBER 18, 2023

R ay Moynihan is an accomplished health journalist and author who has won several awards for his work. This applies in the mental illness world and everywhere in medicine. It’s about framing human misery as the signs of mental illness, framing aging as a condition of disease. I started writing books.

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Bullet Psych

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Today's Content Level: Beginner, Intermediate Introduction and Key Definitions 1 , 2 Various terms have been used over the years to refer to drug abuse: Substance use : The consumption of psychoactive substances. Genetics , environmental influences , mental health comorbidities , and early exposure contribute to vulnerability.

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Zencare

JANUARY 22, 2025

There are 298 mental health conditions currently recognized in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition-TR, which is the standard reference for clinical practice among trained, licensed mental health professionals, in the US. Written by Rebekah Ferguson, LMHC.

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Neurotransmitters and mental health Bipolar disorder Sleep and mental health Genetics and mental health 52

Mad in America

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

659 They referred to drug-induced dopamine supersensitivity as a likely reason for this difference in outcomes. 668 A WHO study of 640 depressed patients found that those treated with medication had worse general health and were more likely to still be mentally ill than those who weren’t treated at the end of one year.

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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.

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