Mad in America

JANUARY 20, 2024

In the article, Torrey reviews the history of the Human Genome Project, their hopes for identifying the genetic basis for schizophrenia, and how those hopes have been dashed by the complete failure to find anything of the sort. Yet laypeople, and many mental health professionals, still believe that schizophrenia is a genetic disorder.

Genetics and mental health 145

Genetics and mental health Bipolar disorder Poverty and mental health Trauma and the brain 145

Mad in America

MAY 3, 2025

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.

Trauma and the brain 127

Trauma and the brain Aging and mental health Genetics and mental health Bipolar disorder 127

Mad in America

JUNE 6, 2024

In the twenty-first century, there has been no higher-level psychiatrist then Thomas Insel , director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) from 2002-2015. and devoted much time to the problem of mental illness.” Thomas Insel, quoted in 2017. “To Thomas Insel, in Insel’s 2022 book Healing , xxvi.

Genetics and mental health 141

Genetics and mental health Aging and mental health Self-awareness Bipolar disorder 141

Child Mind Intitute

APRIL 23, 2025

Yet, it persists, and that can weigh on families trying to make the best decisions about their childrens health. And people can be diagnosed with autism at any age. Before a vaccine was available, almost all children contracted measles before the age of 15. It was developed in 1971.

Autism spectrum 98

Autism spectrum Genetics and mental health Aging and mental health Early intervention 98

Mad in America

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

I didn’t know Wallace was a poster boy for antidepressant withdrawal because I didn’t know that antidepressant withdrawal was common, or that I would be experiencing it myself and understanding firsthand the hellish bodily and mental feelings that make one long for death, for everything to stop. All of this was new.

Aging and mental health 139

Aging and mental health Neurotransmitters and mental health Genetics and mental health Trauma and the brain 139

Mad in America

MAY 6, 2025

2 Or you are told you have a lack of insight into your disease, which is a symptom of your mental illness, a catch-22 situation from which there is no escape. 24 In the UK, psychosis pill prescriptions increased by 5% per year on average and depression pills by 10%, from 1998 to 2010. Joseph Biederman was an example of grandiosity.

Neurotransmitters and mental health 141

Neurotransmitters and mental health Genetics and mental health Aging and mental health Hospitality 141

ADDitude

MAY 18, 2025

While testosterone levels fluctuate slightly throughout the course of the day, their levels remain stable from the end of adolescence until roughly age 40. Similar results were found in a 2024 systematic review of 55 studies investigating the role of pubertal hormones on mental health conditions.

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Aging and mental health Neurotransmitters and mental health Genetics and mental health Sleep and mental health 91