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The American Journal of Psychiatry’s Answer to MIA: A Silence that Speaks Volumes

Mad in America

Newspapers and magazine headlines during the 1980s told of a “revolution” under way in psychiatry. Magazines put the pill on its cover, and media told of patients who had suffered from depression for years suddenly coming alive. All of this paid off. Researchers were now discovering the biological causes of major psychiatric diseases.

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Medication Overload, Part II: The Explosion of Drugs for Kids

Mad in America

Joseph Aspirin for Children was aggressively marketed to parents, relying heavily on newspaper and magazine ads. When the incident occurred, my panic-stricken mother told my father to take me to the hospital right away. That was the statement made by Shire Pharmaceuticals Group, the manufacturer of Adderall.

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Upcoming ECT Legislation Needs to Be Revised

Mad in America

I made a few significant suicide attempts, broke my feet and legs, fractured my spine, and was hospitalized at San Francisco General Hospital and then Hartford Hospital. One lawsuit from about 5-6 years ago was by a man forced to undergo ECT in Connecticut and the case was featured in Reason magazine (Simonson, 2020).