Mad in America

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

My sister took antidepressants and my family has a lot of mental health issues, so based on that, I was thrown into the same category. Starting at the age of five I can remember being fearful of her. I became a yoga teacher while working in recruiting and aspired to move my career towards health and wellness.

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Kids Mental Health Info

MAY 1, 2015

The National Survey of Children’s Health (NSCH), an annual survey conducted by the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), supports national efforts to improve the health and development of our children. In 2018-2019, the NSCH found that: 13.2% In 2018-2019, the NSCH found that: 13.2%

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ACTNow for Mental Health (ANMH)

DECEMBER 16, 2021

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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Mad in America

JUNE 20, 2024

.”: [link] I wrote this poem when I was struggling with my mental health in college on the back of a quiz I didn’t take because my voices were too loud to focus, but my English teacher was trying to be supportive and encourage me to attend class even if I did not feel well enough to participate.

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Aging and mental health 57

ADDitude

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

A 101 on Epigenetics Reading Genes Genes play an important role in shaping a wide range of traits and characteristics, from hair and eye color to susceptibility to mental health conditions. Epigenetic alterations have been linked to numerous poor health outcomes. Sources 1 Edlow AG. JAMA Netw Open. 2021;4(10):e2129674.

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Kids Mental Health Info

MAY 13, 2015

Key findings from the most recent America’s Children in Brief report: Teen Substance Use In OctoberDecember 2020, about 46% of adolescents ages 1217 who used illicit drugs in the past year perceived that they were using those substances “a little less or much less” than they did before the COVID-19 pandemic began.

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Poverty and mental health Aging and mental health 40

Mad in America

JUNE 27, 2024

Ameliorating factors like oxidative stress, neuro-inflammation and mitochondrial dysfunction with such interventions may have ‘neuroprotective’ effects, as well more general health benefits. Suitable exercise, mental stimulation and appropriate nutrition can be conducive factors allowing for recovery of healthy brain function.

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ACTNow for Mental Health (ANMH)

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

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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Aging and mental health Legal Healthcare 40

NAMI

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Asking For Help Depression had been my unwelcome, relentless companion since age 11. ” Along with depression, even at that tender age, came thoughts of suicide. At age 23, I started taking antidepressant medication. By the time I was a teenager, those thoughts were normal for me. " But it’s the truth.

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Aging and mental health 52

Mad in America

JANUARY 4, 2025

As such, the scandal now serves as a historical verdict on the ethics of American psychiatry, and by extension, the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). Pigott and colleagues published articles in 2015 and 2018 on the STAR*D trial, and each time Mad in America reviewed the articles.

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Neurotransmitters and mental health Pharmaceuticals Sleep and mental health Aging and mental health 145

Solara Mental Health

JULY 20, 2022

Understanding female veterans’ emotional and mental issues allows for better mental and physical health treatment. In addition, women may face several health issues when military service has been completed. In addition, women may face several health issues when military service has been completed.

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Mad in America

AUGUST 21, 2024

Beyond academia, he contributes significantly to public health policy as a member of the United Kingdom’s Department of Transport expert panel that introduced drug-driving regulations. Mark Horowitz is a clinical research fellow in psychiatry at the National Health Service (NHS) in London. That’s what happens.

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Sleep and mental health Aging and mental health Hospitality Pharmaceuticals 144

Mad in America

JULY 10, 2024

Siem: The reason I asked your age is because I’m 38. ” Then I realized you’re quite young and came of age with social media and a more technologically connected world. ” Then I realized you’re quite young and came of age with social media and a more technologically connected world. How old are you?

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Mad in America

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

The screening test recommended by the World Health Organization is so poor that for every 100,000 healthy people screened, 36,000 will get a false diagnosis of depression. In Sweden, the Board of Health recommends that all adults with mild to moderately severe depression are offered psychotherapy, but only 1% get it.

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Aging and mental health Mental health policy Pharmaceuticals 143

Mad in America

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

One even boasted about doing so twice, once ‘on behalf of my Asian son from Germany who is the same age as me.’ tapering strips, liquid, smaller dose tablets) to ensure gradual reduction’ (88%) and ‘A health professional providing a personalised, flexible reduction plan’ (79%). there are two very reasonable concerns.

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Sleep and mental health Genetics and mental health Aging and mental health 145

Mad in America

MARCH 9, 2024

The ART medicines are obtained each month from the Government ART clinic in Bhuj for all residents who are HIV positive, and for those with mental health conditions, the psychiatrist at the Government Mental Hospital in Bhuj prescribes the medications. However, she passed away from childbirth complications at the age of 26.

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Sleep and mental health Aging and mental health Hospitality Self-awareness 120

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. He manages his stress well, shows no signs of any kind of mental health disorder; he never had rebound psychosis.

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Mad in America

APRIL 23, 2025

Lehmann not only contributed to concrete changes in psychiatric treatment, but also helped build an international movement that continues to fight for human rights in mental health and psychiatry. They made me physically and mentally disabled, a zombie. Peter: Recovery from so-called mental illness? Peter: I was 27.

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Mad in America

JANUARY 20, 2024

And the World Health Organization has called for a transformation of mental health services to focus on person-centered and rights-based approaches. Yet laypeople, and many mental health professionals, still believe that schizophrenia is a genetic disorder. But the promised gains never materialized.

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

Mad in America

JUNE 26, 2024

J essica Schleider is a clinical psychologist, researcher, and founding director of the Lab for Scalable Mental Health ( www.schleiderlab.org ). Most recently, she’s the author of Little Treatments, Big Effects: How To Build Meaningful Moments that Can Transform Your Mental Health.

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Aging and mental health Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Healthcare Eating disorders 134

ADDitude

MAY 29, 2025

According to the Berkeley Girls with ADHD Longitudinal Study (BGALS) , women aged 17 to 24 with ADHD were five times more likely than their neurotypical peers to experience physical IPV. The size of business cards, these safety cards contain information about the red flags and health consequences of IPV.

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Clear Behavioral Health

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

877.799.1985 Mental Health Implications of Unprocessed Grief When grief goes unaddressed, its physical and mental health consequences can be profound. The Rise of Virtual Mental Health Support As technology has advanced, so has the ability to provide mental health support more easily.

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Aging and mental health Dialectical Behavior Therapy Sleep and mental health Technology 52

Mad in America

OCTOBER 24, 2024

noted that it is a myth that mental disorders play a significant role in at least 90% of suicides. [6] 6] In most cases, there is no preexisting mental disorder. However, meta-analyses of the randomised trials have found that depression pills double not only the risk of suicide; they also double suicides, with no age limits. [11]

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Mad in America

APRIL 16, 2024

As an example, the Danish Board of Health has warned that adding a benzodiazepine to a neuroleptic increases mortality by 50-65%. 23,24 In 2013, I estimated that, in people aged 65 and above, neuroleptics, benzodiazepines or similar, and depression drugs kill 209,000 people annually in the United States. for those aged 70-79.

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Aging and mental health Hospitality Genetics and mental health Sleep and mental health 145

Solara Mental Health

AUGUST 30, 2021

Laughter also loosens blood vessels and can lower signs of aging within them. Human studies have even shown intranasal oxytocin to stimulate the vagus nerve and improve mental stress test scores. We tend to either focus on either our mental health or our physical health, typically not both at the same time.

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Neurotransmitters and mental health Aging and mental health Positive psychology 52

Mad in America

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

” To be included in the current research, service users had to receive a dementia diagnosis between January 1, 1998, and May 31, 2018, be at least 50 years old when dementia was first diagnosed, and have no prescriptions for antipsychotics in the 365 days prior to their dementia diagnosis. Atypical antipsychotics accounted for 74.7%

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Psychiatric Times

JUNE 6, 2025

BRIEF BOOK REVIEWS Popular Books Relevant to Mental Health Educated: A Memoir Tara Westover; Random House, 2018 352 pages; $12 (hardcover) Reviewed by Edmund S. Higgins, MD Explore transformative memoirs and insights on estrangement in these 2 brief book reviews.

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Bipolar disorder Sleep and mental health Aging and mental health Eating disorders 52

Mad in America

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Linda Andre spent the last eight years of her life institutionalized at the Manhattan Psychiatric Center, where she died by suicide this month at age 63. In Doctors of Deception , she wrote about the unquantifiable, permanent harm she experienced at age 24 from 15 coerced shock treatments at New York Hospital: “My life was stolen.

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Hospitality Sleep and mental health Aging and mental health Education 98

ADDitude

MAY 27, 2025

Drugs & Aging , 39(8), 607618. 5 These significant shifts in symptom severity were vividly described by Chloe, an ADDitude reader, in an article titled Menstrual Cycle Phases and ADHD.” ” The entire week leading up to my period is where my ADHD symptoms get even more intrusive than usual, she wrote. M., & Gurvich, C.

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Real Psychiatry

DECEMBER 7, 2024

A standard research technique to assess stress effects on blood pressure is to ask subjects to do mental arithmetic and it generally leads to a blood pressure effect like what the authors describe in this paper of 20 mm systolic or 10 mm diastolic. Access to the electronic health record can show long term trends. PMID: 24041952.

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Sleep and mental health Aging and mental health 52

Psychiatric Times

JUNE 26, 2025

Including mental disorders in aid-in-dying criteria raises ethical concerns, challenging traditional views on mental health treatment. Now, as some countries start to include ongoing and severe mental disorders as being acceptable for aid in dying, that adds to the controversies. He presented the third Rabbi Jeffrey B.

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Mad in America

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

McCarthy Vahey , and distinguished members of the Connecticut Public Health Committee : I am sharing the following information related to H.B. ECT is a psychiatric treatment for clinical depression and other mental health conditions in which electrical impulses are passed through a persons brain to cause brief seizures (Egan, 2018).

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Mad in America

OCTOBER 10, 2023

I n the early 1960s, around the age of two, I experienced an accidental overdose. The incident occurred after one of my preschool-age siblings managed to use a kitchen chair to retrieve the tasty but very toxic medicine, open the bottle, and then give it to me believing the “candy medicine” would help their baby sister feel better.

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International Society for Interpersonal Psychother

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

These positive outcomes also include improved relational functioning, enhanced mentalization abilities, and increased quality of life. Individuals with ASD possess difficulties in self-understanding or theory of own mind as well as theory of mind about others (Robinson, 2018). Bateman & Fonagy, 2008).

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Mad in America

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

When the FDA analysed all the trials in 2006, there was a curve in their report that showed that the suicide risk increased right up to the age of 40. Serious mental illness can lead to psychiatric contact and the use of other psychiatric drugs and to a suicide attempt. ” This information is not entirely accurate.

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Aging and mental health Genetics and mental health Sleep and mental health Pharmaceuticals 145

Mad in America

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Boundary-crossing relationships were commonplace as these pioneers saw themselves as cultural revolutionaries existing outside of social and legal norms and fueled by the magical powers of psychedelics as they ushered in a spiritual New Age. Ingrascis impact on the field cannot be understated. Ingrasci continues to use ‘M.D.

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Psychiatric Times

JUNE 19, 2025

These stark statistics underline the critical need for specialized support services, which research shows can build greater trust and lead to better outcomes in health and well-being for specific populations such as the LGTBQ+ community. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. 1 References 1. June 17, 2025.

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