Mad in America

AUGUST 7, 2024

Elliott’s critical work in bioethics has earned him numerous accolades, including the Erikson Prize for Excellence in Mental Health Media and a fellowship at the Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University. A young man named Dan Markingson was brought to our university’s teaching hospital in the throes of a psychotic episode.

Neurotransmitters and mental health 144

Neurotransmitters and mental health Pharmaceuticals Hospitality 144

Mad in America

AUGUST 23, 2024

Mel started drinking alcohol, as the benzos did not calm her anxiety, and both alcohol and benzos act on the same neurotransmitter in the brain, the GABA [gamma-aminobutyric acid] receptor. She spent three years living with us, in and out of short stays in psychiatric hospitals, getting more and more depressed.

Hospitality 113

Hospitality Nonprofits Education Healthcare 113

Mad in America

OCTOBER 20, 2023

We humans need our dopamine and also the other brain neurotransmitters that are affected by psychiatric drugs, and even us, the “neurodiverse,” cannot really feel fully alive otherwise. Sometimes the stay at the hospital was very enlightening, though often there was a dark aspect that left me traumatized as well.

Neurotransmitters and mental health 103

Neurotransmitters and mental health Trauma and the brain Self-awareness Healthcare 103

Mad in America

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

In summary, researchers have found no serotonin nor any other neurotransmitter association with depression, no neurobiological associations, and no genetic associations. government’s Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) , reported that among American adults, serious suicidal thoughts occurred in 6.6%

Poverty and mental health 145

Poverty and mental health Childhood trauma Neurotransmitters and mental health Trauma and the brain 145

Mad in America

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

You’re also an author, and you’ve written on topics such as aging, genetics, mental representation, biological functions, mechanisms in science, and the concept of information in neuroscience. I think that the stress of that triggered a series of psychotic episodes and he was hospitalized. I was also put on Prozac.

Biopsychosocial model 142

Biopsychosocial model Aging and mental health Neurotransmitters and mental health Poverty and mental health 142

ADDitude

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Esketamine is a form of the dissociative agent ketamine , commonly used as an anesthetic; it works by targeting the neurotransmitter glutamate. Due to these potential risks, the treatment is available only through the Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy Program and must be self-administered in certified health care settings.

Neurotransmitters and mental health 57

Neurotransmitters and mental health Hospitality Healthcare 57

Mad in America

JANUARY 3, 2024

Antidepressants, The New York Times informed its readers in 1990 , “work by restoring the balance of neurotransmitter activity in the brain, correcting an abnormal excess or inhibition of the electrochemical signals that control mood, thoughts, appetite, pain and other sensations.” psychiatrists.

Neurotransmitters and mental health 144

Neurotransmitters and mental health Hospitality Education Self-awareness 144