Mad in America

MARCH 25, 2025

Irelands mental health policy landscape has evolved over the decades, with A Vision for Change (2006) and the more recent Sharing the Vision (2020) outlining ambitions for a recovery- oriented, community-based system. Yet, a substantial gap persists between policy and practice.

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Mad in America

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Australian researchers who tested the hypothesis that national mental health policies, programmes and legislation would lower national suicide rates, found the opposite in their study of 100 countries. In other countries, the same happened. The communication plan was led by Johnson & Johnson.

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Mad in America

MAY 16, 2025

I have shown the usage data for people up to 24 years of age, 7 which is a highly relevant age group because the FDA issued a black box warning in 2004, updated in 2006, about the increased suicide risk of depression drugs in this age group. 5 New WHO guidance calls for urgent transformation of mental health policies.

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