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For Teen Girls, Rare Psychiatric Disorders Spread Like Viruses on Social Media

Author: Editorial 16th November 2023 0 Comments

“Researchers argue that a massive sudden spread of unusual psychiatric problems follows the pattern of ‘psychosomatic social contagion.’” This report by Peter Simons has been published by Mad in America. It begins: “TikTok’s ‘sick-role subculture’ leads to children taking on the…
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a wellbeing society

children and adolescents, Comprehensive Psychiatry, Mad in America, Peter Simons, psychosomatic social contagion, Research, social media, TikTok, wellbeing

Madness and Method: Exploring the Realm of Unconventional Reasoning

Author: Editorial 9th November 2023 0 Comments

This article by Justin Garson has been published by Mad in America. It begins: “What is madness? Is it merely a colloquial term for ‘mental illness,’ one that is alternatively reviled and reclaimed? Is it merely the lack of reason? Or…
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Arthur Wigan, idiocy, Immanuel Kant, insanity, John Locke, Jonah Bossewitch, Justin Garson, Mad in America, madness, Sofia Jeppsson, Wouter Kusters

Depression Not So “Treatment-Resistant” After Psychodynamic Psychotherapy

Author: Editorial 6th November 2023 0 Comments

“Researcher finds Intensive Short-Term Psychodynamic Psychotherapy reduced depressive symptoms in patients who did not improve with pharmacological treatment.“ This report by Dr. José Giovanni Luiggi-Hernández has been published by Mad in America. It begins: “A recent study published in Psychotherapy suggests that Intensive…
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collaborative practice

depression, Frederik J. Wienicke, Intensive Short-Term Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, José Giovanni Luiggi-Hernández, Mad in America, psychotherapy, Rasoul Heshmati, Research, Talking Therapies, treatment-resistant depression

Branding Diseases—How Drug Companies Market Psychiatric Conditions: An Interview with Ray Moynihan

Author: Editorial 27th October 2023 0 Comments

In this podcast (with accompanying transcript) from Mad in America, Ayurdhi Dhar interviews Ray Moynihan. The podcast producers say: “Ray Moynihan is an accomplished health journalist and author who has won several awards for his work. He is also an academic…
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a coherent system

audio, Ayurdhi Dhar, Mad in America, pharmaceutical companies, podcast, psychiatry, Ray Moynihan, USA

Why Failed Psychiatry Lives On: Its Industrial Complex, Politics, & Technology Worship

Author: Editorial 23rd October 2023 0 Comments

“By embracing the technology-worship “religion,” psychiatry is permitted to ignore the reality of its repeated failures.“ This article by Dr. Bruce Levine has been published by Mad in America. It begins: “How can psychiatry maintain its authority and influence despite its…
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a coherent system

Bruce Levine, Mad in America, pharmaceutical industry, technocracy, technology

Global Psychiatry’s Attempt to Excommunicate the Former UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health

Author: Editorial 6th October 2023 0 Comments

This article by Susan McPherson and Jeppe Oute has been published by Mad in America. It begins: “Between 2014 and 2020, the UN published three reports on mental health, prepared by the special rapporteur on the right to health (Dainius Puras)….
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Dainius Puras, Jeppe Oute, Mad in America, psychiatry, Susan McPherson, United Nations

A Peek Inside the Modern Asylum

Author: Editorial 2nd October 2023 0 Comments

This article by Dr. Ekaterina Netchitailova has been published by Mad in America. It begins: “The psychiatric hospital of today might appear as a foreign, scary object to the mind who has never visited the institution. It represents the unknown, the…
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academic psychiatry, asylums, Culture & Society, Ekaterina Netchitailova, Mad in America, madness

Early Intervention in Ultrahigh Risk for Psychosis Ineffective

Author: Editorial 27th September 2023 0 Comments

“Few transition to psychosis anyway, relapse rates were high after treatment, maintenance therapy was ineffective, and no treatment was more effective than any other.“ This report from Peter Simons has has been published by Mad in America. It begins: “In…
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JAMA Psychiatry, Mad in America, Peter Simons, psychosis, Research, ultrahigh risk (UHR)

What’s Eating Oregon? Peer Respites, The Lund Report & Beyond

Author: Editorial 11th September 2023 0 Comments

This article by Sera Davidow has been published by Mad in America. It begins: “Peer respite has gained a fair amount of ground since its start. With now over three dozen peer respites across the country, the numbers still fall far…
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Clients & Patients, Mad in America, peer respites, peer support, peer-run crisis services, Sera Davidow, USA

Researchers Call on Psychiatry to Abandon Biomedical Framework

Author: Editorial 23rd August 2023 0 Comments

“Scholars reveal concerns about biomedical psychiatry, calling for a more scientific, unique, and effective approach to mental health care.“ This report by Kevin Gallagher has been published by Mad in America. It begins: “A newly published study in the Journal of Theoretical…
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biomedical model, history of psychiatry, Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology, Kevin Gallagher, Luisa Orrù, Mad in America, psychiatry, Sara Campolonghi

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