World Psychiatric Association (WPA)

MARCH 7, 2024

This initiative was born out of a council meeting of the Asian Network of Bipolar Disorder (ANBD) in 2013, at which Prof. Pichet Udomratn proposed a date to bring worldwide attention to bipolar disorder. To register your activities and share event details, please visit: [link]. Together, we can make a difference.

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Bipolar disorder Education 52

Mad in America

OCTOBER 21, 2023

One of many psychiatrists exposed by 2008 Congressional hearings on psychiatry’s financial relationship with drug companies was Harvard psychiatrist Joseph Biederman—credited with creating pediatric bipolar disorder—who received $1.6 million in consulting fees from drug makers from 2000 to 2007.

Technology 144

Technology Genetics and mental health Pharmaceuticals Sleep and mental health 144

Mad in America

MARCH 30, 2024

For a period of four years, from 2014 through 2018 during his decline and overwhelm, Matt was prescribed five different antidepressants layered on top of one another without tapering, which ignited a cycle of adverse reactions. Thankfully, the owner of the office, a renowned bipolar expert, said he could take Matt. It was just so sad.

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Sleep and mental health Bipolar disorder Trauma and the brain Aging and mental health 130

Mad in America

JULY 6, 2024

To clarify this concept better, “psychosis”, “depression”, “anxiety”, “bipolar disorder”, “ADHD” and more are not disorders of organic or genetic origin, caused by “imbalances” in brain chemicals, and psychotropic drugs do not have the function of restoring any balance.

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Genetics and mental health Bipolar disorder 82

Mad in America

MAY 6, 2025

In 2014, the Danish Ministry of Health issued a licence to kill. Depressive and bipolar disorders: patients attitudes and beliefs towards depression and antidepressants. 29 Forbruget af antipsykotika blandt 18-64 rige patienter, med skizofreni, mani eller bipolar affektiv sindslidelse. 30 This is as mad as it gets.

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Neurotransmitters and mental health Genetics and mental health Aging and mental health Hospitality 143

Mad in America

MARCH 15, 2025

This turn to ketamine is occurring despite the fact that the Food and Drug Administration has repeatedly warned that the FDA has not approved ketamine for the treatment of any psychiatric disorder (though controversially approving esketamine nasal spray).

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Neurotransmitters and mental health Trauma and the brain Manufacturing Pharmaceuticals 135

International Society for Interpersonal Psychother

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

Mentalization is an imaginative activity about others or one self, intentional mental states of needs, desires, feelings, beliefs, goals, purposes and reasons (Channon, Crawford, Orlowska, Parikh, & Thoma, 2014; Fonagy & Bateman, 2006). 2015) and borderline personality disorder (A. Bateman, 2012). Autism Res, 11 (5), 738-754.

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Autism spectrum Self-awareness Aging and mental health Trauma and the brain 40