Tag: mad in America

Duh!

I know for a fact that trauma , and the side effects from toxic RX , and lack of support were ignored and in my experience of healing and holding council I discovered many folks had been diagnosed due to ignored trauma .

A new study sheds new light on the profound impact of childhood trauma in the development of psychotic symptoms, particularly in treatment-resistant cases of schizophrenia.
— Read on www.madinamerica.com/2023/12/new-study-finds-connection-between-childhood-trauma-and-psychosis/

I want people who have gone through psychedelic therapy to not feel alone if they felt silenced, controlled, or interpersonally hurt
— Read on www.madinamerica.com/2023/12/power-dynamics-psychedelic-therapy/

Rights-based approaches to mental healthcare are creating a culture of zero-tolerance for coercion in global mental health.
— Read on www.madinamerica.com/2023/12/global-mental-health-is-heading-into-a-rights-based-era/

Mindfulness training reduced anxiety with far fewer adverse effects than the antidepressant escitalopram.
— Read on www.madinamerica.com/2023/12/mindfulness-as-effective-as-antidepressant-for-the-treatment-of-anxiety-disorders/

Experts advocate limiting antidepressant use to only the most severe cases of depression, emphasizing the need for social and psychological interventions.
— Read on www.madinamerica.com/2023/12/stop-using-antidepressants-except-for-the-most-severe-depression-experts-say/

Leading scholars write that psychiatric disturbances are social in nature and that current treatments often cause more harm than good, highlighting alternative social approaches to mental health.
— Read on www.madinamerica.com/2023/12/psychiatrists-call-for-transition-to-social-rather-than-biological-treatments/

I am not the only child to have been devoured by the great grey beast that is the American psychiatric system. You’re eaten away little by little, every single day, until what’s left is barely a person.
— Read on www.madinamerica.com/2023/12/great-grey-beast/

Leading scholars write that psychiatric disturbances are social in nature and that current treatments often cause more harm than good, highlighting alternative social approaches to mental health.
— Read on www.madinamerica.com/2023/12/psychiatrists-call-for-transition-to-social-rather-than-biological-treatments/

People with ‘severe mental illness’ and substitute decision makers experience loss of autonomy and personal identity, leading to feelings of powerlessness about regaining self-determination.
— Read on www.madinamerica.com/2023/12/substitute-decision-making-in-psychiatry-and-the-loss-of-autonomy-and-self-determination/

www.madinamerica.com/2023/12/beyond-symptoms-study-reveals-therapists-journey-into-clients-existential-concerns/