Mad in America

JANUARY 25, 2025

R esearch has found South Africa consistently ranks in the bottom three performing countries in terms of global mental health. Where treatment is available, pharmaceutical interventions are often all thats on offer. Linda 1 is a 20-year-old Zimbabwean refugee living in South Africa.

Poverty and mental health 99

Poverty and mental health Sleep and mental health Aging and mental health Insurance 99

Mad in America

JANUARY 17, 2025

Another big surprise was that many mental health professionals claim to be strongly opposed to the existing biomedical approach but most are reluctant to take any sort of public stand against it.

Self-awareness 108

Self-awareness Aging and mental health Hospitality Breathing techniques 108

Mad in America

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

I was looking at the global mental health movement coming in and erasing these diverse ways of being human, Dhar explains. Ayurdhi Dhar at a mental health conference in India This issue is exactly what Dhar aims to address through Mad in South Asia (MISA). Farmers in Indi are killing themselves, says Dhar.

Global mental health 52

Global mental health Self-awareness Pharmaceuticals Hospitality 52

Mad in America

APRIL 24, 2024

healthcare, and offers insightful reflections on the global mental health movement. The most important findings come from global mental health studies in countries like India. Kleinman : It has to do with the development of an educated middle class globally. the UK, and Canada into the Global South?

Global mental health 105

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

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.

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

Mad in America

JUNE 29, 2024

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. This is known as the Movement for Global Mental Health. Some, such as Patel, gave their talks virtually. What was the treatment?

Global mental health 120

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