Mad in America

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

P sychiatry’s serotonin-imbalance theory of depression, long discarded by researchers, was finally flushed down the toilet by psychiatry and the mainstream media in 2022. And psychiatrists’ primary treatments for depression—their so-called “antidepressants”—are now circling the drain. 2) What approach to depression makes sense? Genes and depression?

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Mad in America

JANUARY 31, 2025

But to her and everyone who saw me I remained seemingly coherent, intelligent and threatening with legal action if they tried injecting anything. E very time I put pen to paper about my story I shiver for I do not know what my pen will blacken the paper with. She took me to three in the city, big ones. I was calm and loud. Why would I?

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Mad in America

JANUARY 8, 2025

But my lived experience goes back to childhoodIve dealt with trauma, major depression, suicide attempts, some addiction problems, and night terrors. B ecky Brasfield has emerged as a formidable advocate for change in the complex landscape of mental health care.A The transcript below has been edited for length and clarity.

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Bullet Psych

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

head trauma, hypoxia, hypoglycemia, hypothermia, electrolyte abnormalities, encephalopathy , other intoxications). Sedative-hypnotics can be effective, but they carry significant risks of dependence , tolerance , withdrawal , and abuse. Epidemiology : 12-month prevalence of sedative-hypnotic use disorder is ~0.2-0.5% of the U.S. population.

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Bullet Psych

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

Alcohol is reinforcing because it increases dopamine release in the brain's reward system, particularly in the mesolimbic pathway, leading to feelings of pleasure, relaxation, and euphoria. Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is the most common substance use disorder , affecting millions worldwide. Highest rates in ages 1829.

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Zencare

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Robbins got her start as a lawyer for Legal Aid Society, but shifted to be an inspirational leader through her first ted talk How to Stop Screwing Yourself Over. Written by Lily Thrope, LCSW from Thrope Therapy. Mel Robbins Let Them theory has been taking social media by storm and is an aspirational theory for setting boundaries.

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Lawyers with Depression

DECEMBER 3, 2023

Norton, including, The Ten Best-Ever Depression Management Techniques: Understanding How Your Brain Makes You Depressed and What You Can Do to Change It and Anxiety + Depression: Effective Treatment of the Big Two Co-Occurring Disorders. Wehrenberg is a clinical psychologist in Naperville, Illinois. What is depression a response to?

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Mad in America

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Guardianship is a legalized system whereby states help with their citizens who need help, those who need protection because of various maladies, disabilities, physical or mental. The transcript below has been edited for length and clarity. The transcript below has been edited for length and clarity. Listen to the audio of the interview here.

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Mad in America

AUGUST 5, 2024

Editor’s Note: Mad in the UK and Mad in America are jointly publishing this four-part series on neurodiversity. The series was edited by Mad in the UK editors, and authored by John Cromby and Lucy Johnstone (with part three written by an anonymous contributor). The series is being archived here.

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Mad in America

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Our brain is not a computer, and our heart is not a pump, though the materialistic world view is pretty good at convincing us to believe we are devoid of Spirit, the divine creative part of us which is never wounded and if not eclipsed by legal or illegal substances, is able to always make a choice. People don’t feel heard or seen.

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Mad in America

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

A bill raised in the Connecticut legislature, H.B. 6837 , would change state law concerning shock therapy (ECT or electroconvulsive therapy). It would extend the duration of probate court orders authorizing ECT without a patients informed consent, from the current maximum of 45 days to 90 days. Anwar , Rep. Anwar , Rep. Dubey, 2023).

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Mad in America

JANUARY 13, 2024

S emi-retired pop star Britney Spears is almost as famous for her 13+-year conservatorship —during which all personal, professional, and medical decisions were under legal control of her father—as for her music. So as a longtime reporter on her case , I was eager to read her autobiography, pointedly titled The Woman in Me. Spoilers ahead.)

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Mad in America

OCTOBER 21, 2023

H ow can psychiatry maintain its authority and influence despite its repeated scientific failures and lack of progress—now even acknowledged by key members of the psychiatric establishment and the mainstream media? In 2023, Time reported , “About one in eight U.S. As of late 2022, just 31% of U.S.

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Mad in America

JUNE 29, 2024

L ast year I attended a prestigious international psychiatric conference at PGI Chandigarh, India, a medical school of considerable reputation in South Asia. The theme of the conference was public mental health. It was held over three whole days; 900 people from across the world had registered to attend, both face to face and virtually!

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