Mad in America
JULY 29, 2024
Mad in America and Mad in the UK are jointly publishing this four-part series on neurodiversity. This third part of this series on Neurodiversity consists of an essay by a therapist who has asked to remain anonymous for fear of the consequences for their job. The series is being archived here. In Part 1 and Part 2 , we—e.g.
Mad in America
JUNE 17, 2024
Diana Rodriguez in Bagram, Afghanistan, 2012 The scene above played out in October 2022 at my family’s home just outside of Fort Liberty, North Carolina where I’d been stationed in the Army years earlier. M y brother Jesse sat next to me on the couch in my living room. Two police officers stood inside my entryway, watching us. My mind raced.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
ADDitude
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
Epigenetic tags allow each of these cells to “read” only the parts of the DNA sequence that are relevant to them, in order to become skin cells, liver cells, brain cells, muscle cells, and other unique cells with the right structure and functions for their specific role. Yet, genetic influences are less fixed than one might think.
Mad in America
MAY 3, 2025
Thus, establishment psychiatry is unthreatened by the idea that trauma and adverse childhood experiences are a cause of emotional suffering and behavioral disturbancesas long as these conditions are medicalized. F or the institutions comprising establishment psychiatry, self-preservation means maintaining legitimacy as a branch of medicine.
Mad in America
JANUARY 20, 2024
This paper is surprising since Torrey has long argued that schizophrenia is a brain disease to be treated biomedically. T he decades-long attempt to locate the gene or genes for schizophrenia has failed, according to a new article in Psychiatric Research by prominent schizophrenia researcher E. Fuller Torrey.
ADDitude
MAY 8, 2025
With the benefit of hindsight, Candace Rollins* now sees the red flags of intimate partner violence (IPV) in her marriage. The belittling comments that put me in my place more and more over time, not letting me have friends over, driving a wedge between me and my family, explains Rollins, a mother of three in Virginia. What do you do?
Mad in America
MAY 7, 2025
Then in 2012 after I published Anatomy of an Epidemic , Kermit, Louisa Putnam and I transformed my blog site into a web magazine, also called Mad in America. H ello, my name is Bob Whitaker, and today I have the pleasure of speaking with Kermit Cole. After dropping out of Oberlin College, he joined a mime troupe that toured the U.S.
Expert insights. Personalized for you.
144 
Let's personalize your content