Mad in America

APRIL 6, 2024

Paradoxical’, because in contrast with healthcare outcomes generally being better in ‘developed’ (high income) countries, outcomes for those who had suffered psychosis were apparently better in the ‘developing’, lower and middle income countries.

Sleep and mental health

World Psychiatric Association (WPA)

JANUARY 31, 2025

This study is not only about intervention, but also about understanding barriers to effective implementation and ensuring that our approaches are culturally adopted and feasible within different healthcare infrastructures. 2008 Sep;86(9):703-9. Bulletin of the World Health Organization.

Healthcare

Mad in America

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

In evaluating any drug treatment, scientists also examine whether its benefits outweigh its adverse effects. In antidepressant studies, depression remission is routinely reported for 25% to 35% of the subjects. It has long been known that the variable of therapy technique has little effect on outcome.

Poverty and mental health

Mad in America

JANUARY 22, 2025

She has served as a professor in multiple disciplines at universities and medical schools in the United States and abroad and as the patient safety director for a large healthcare system. In 2008, BMJ recognized her as one of 100 international scientists journalists could count on for unbiased reviews of health research.

Education

Mad in America

JANUARY 9, 2025

S ince the 1990s, weve been hearing about the amazing progress in mental healthcare: We learned that mental illnesses like depression are serious but treatable diseases. is the only developed nation with for-profit healthcare. Suffering is the main reason people seek healthcare. But theres a paradox here: The U.S.

Healthcare

ADDitude

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Treatment recommendations for healthcare providers. Epub 2008 Nov 11. . “Comparing the efficacy of stimulants for ADHD in children and adolescents using meta-analysis.” ” European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 19(4), 353-364. 34 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2022, March 8). link] 35 Grossi, G.

Eating disorders

Mad in America

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

2025; Murphy, 2021; Neugebauer, 2024; Oppenheim, 2022; Oprison, 2021; Roche, 2016; Rogers, 2021; Simonson, 2020; Singh, 2016; Smith, 2008; Stence & Stence, 2022; Tenney, 2016). Then many people want to get away from psychiatry and traditional mental healthcare. 2008, March 20). 2018; Life After ECT Inc., link] Singh, A.

Aging and mental health

ADDitude

JUNE 6, 2025

Black families are less likely than white families to have concordance or a shared lived experience with their healthcare providers, and studies have shown that Black adults are more likely than white adults to report lower levels of trust in their providers as well.” March-April 2008). Sources 1 McGuire, TG., Miranda, J.

Mental health policy