Mad in America

DECEMBER 30, 2023

Universal DBT in Schools Increases Anxiety, Depression, Family Conflict In October, Peter Simons wrote about research asking if dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) can actually make kids’ mental health worse. Mental Disorder Has Roots in Trauma and Inequality, Not Biology Allan M.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy 139

Dialectical Behavior Therapy Childhood trauma Trauma and the brain Sleep and mental health 139

Mad in America

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

F ollowing my recent experience of antidepressant withdrawal and having worked in psychiatry for nearly 20 years as a registered mental health nurse, I now have a very critical view on what good mental health treatment and recovery should look like. Should we still be calling it emotionally unstable personality disorder?

Trauma and the brain 134

Trauma and the brain Sleep and mental health Personality disorders Self-awareness 134

Mad in America

JULY 25, 2024

I had been sent to a psychiatrist at Manchester Royal Infirmary after my 2 nd violent mugging; I wasn’t eating or sleeping. My mental health went down fast this time. All those symptoms came back and worse until I was unable to get out of my bedroom, stuck in a world of mental terror. We all have innate wellbeing.

Resilience and coping 133

Resilience and coping Genetics and mental health Sleep and mental health Trauma and the brain 133

Mad in America

OCTOBER 13, 2023

However, as a rule, you shouldn’t accept presents from your client, the book asserted. The dreadful physical symptoms of severe depression, including cognitive decline and impaired eyesight, overwhelmed my existence, and I started to keep a naive collection of aspirins and over-the-counter sleep aids for ending my life.

Eating disorders 103

Eating disorders Bipolar disorder Self-awareness Personality disorders 103

Mad in America

OCTOBER 11, 2024

They said I was ‘mentally ill, but not mentally ill enough to be psychotic’ and that I had personality disorders. He said I had all sorts of disorders but ultimately that it would be “difficult for my defense to present a meritorious psychiatric defense.” I sleep OK. I care about others.

Insurance 114

Insurance Anxiety disorders Personality disorders 114

Mad in America

OCTOBER 2, 2024

His research and clinical work focus on Puerto Rican and Latinx populations, ethnic minority identity, psychotherapy, and the social determinants of health. How does clinical technique tie back to a model of the mind or mental health? However, when I moved to the U.S., We would all kind of struggle to articulate what that was.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy 110

Dialectical Behavior Therapy Sleep and mental health Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Personality disorders 110