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Government must lead the way in turning around deteriorating mental health in England, says Centre for Mental Health

Centre for Mental Health

The UK Government must take action to turn around the decline in the nation’s mental health over the last decade, as seen in today’s national adult mental health survey, Centre for Mental Health chief executive Andy Bell said today. in 2007, and 18.9% in 2014, to 22.6% in 2023/24.

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Stimulants Do Not Cause Psychosis: New Research

ADDitude

1 The study assuages concerns raised by previous observational research linking the use of stimulants to psychosis, which prompted the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2007 to add a warning label to stimulants. June 11, 2025 Stimulants do not cause psychosis in children, concluded a new study published in Pediatrics.

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When Narratives Clash: Unshrunk and The Cognitive Dissonance of the NY Times

Mad in America

The Clash of Narratives In Unshrunk , Laura tells of how when she read my book Anatomy of an Epidemic, she suddenly saw her past life as a mental patient in a new light. Perhaps it wasnt that she suffered from a mental illness, but rather it was her diagnosis and drug treatment that had caused her such suffering.

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Can We Talk About Spirituality? The Medicalization of Transpersonal Experiences

Mad in America

In the West, to believe in the existence of spirits is to risk being labeled “ mad “ —Letcher, 2007, p. After a few sessions, Marit began to tell about her contact with angels, something that came to her at a young age spontaneously. A s a therapist in social work, I meet many people with difficult life events.

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ANMH Commends us surgeon general’s Advisory on youth mental health Crisis

ACTNow for Mental Health (ANMH)

Washington, DC ACTNow for Mental Health (ANMH), a non-profit organization dedicated to expanding access to mental health services and supports, fighting mental and behavioral health stigma, and enhancing health equity, commends the U.S.

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DMV-Based Non-Profit Calls for Evidence-Based Solutions to Address Unmet Behavioral Health Needs

ACTNow for Mental Health (ANMH)

Far too many Americans across the country face barriers to quality behavioral health care, and the COVID-19 pandemic has only amplified this widespread issue, said Edward Garcia III, MHS , Founder and Board Member of ANMH and Founder and Executive Director of the Foundation for Social Connection. Healing is everyone's birthright.

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Criticisms That Establishment Psychiatry Can and Cannot Tolerate

Mad in America

Establishment psychiatry does acknowledge that emotional suffering and behavioral disturbanceswhat it calls mental illnesseshave biological-psychological-social roots. medical schools. Worldwide, there are parallels to U.S. Iatrogenesis , which is defined as illness or injury caused by medical treatment.