Mad in America

OCTOBER 5, 2023

B etween 2014 and 2020, the UN published three reports on mental health, prepared by the special rapporteur on the right to health (Dainius Puras). These called for a radical change in the practice and organization of mental health care across the world.

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Mad in America

AUGUST 10, 2024

At the age of 41, I was sectioned under the Mental Health Act in the midst of the Covid pandemic in the early autumn of 2020 in the throes of an episode of psychosis. I took a serious case of Stockholm Syndrome home with me in the taxi I left in that late October day in 2020.

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Mad in America

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Those numbers doubled between 2020 and 2021 — the latest figures publicly available — even as the statewide average for other inpatient facilities barely increased. Other large safety net facilities in California and across the country do not use physical restraint at anywhere near the same rates as L.A.

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Mad in America

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Among them is Paris Hilton, who first told her story in a 2020 documentary and is now lobbying for recently introduced legislation to stop the abuse.

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National Council for Mental Wellbeing (NCMW - the

MARCH 17, 2025

Im focused on the Keystone Veteran Transitional House (KVTH), a 12-bed shelter for veterans regardless of discharge status that opened in 2020. What exciting project(s) are you currently working on? KVTH helps residents connect with housing resources, including the Battle Creek VA.

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Mad in America

MARCH 11, 2024

The data in the current study came from Canada’s CONCEPTION study, taken from 2020 to 2023. One study found that over half (56%) of babies exposed to SSRIs in utero had this complication. The researchers assessed the development of 472 children when they were, on average, 18 months old.

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Mad in America

OCTOBER 4, 2023

As I wrote in a blog on August 2020 , my seeming pessimism was commented upon by MIA readers, and I took the criticism to heart, and renewed my efforts to help people to stop SSRIs. My blog post goes on to explain this in more detail.

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Mad in America

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

In a nationwide 2020 survey , nearly two-thirds of teens reported primarily negative emotions during the school day—while suicidal behaviors in youth are correlated with whether school is in session. When you ask students what causes their distress, they most often mention school.

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Asian Journal of Psychiatry

APRIL 15, 2025

Publication date: Available online 14 April 2025 Source: Asian Journal of Psychiatry Author(s): Garima Yadav, Sahar Ashraf, Muhammad Saad, Nadeem Mian, Muhammad Abdullah Naveed, Ahila Ali, Karrar Husain, Zeeshan Mansuri, Shailesh Jain

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Centre for Mental Health

MAY 22, 2025

In 2020 her worst fears came true: she was refused PIP, despite qualifying for Disability Living Allowance (DLA) for 28 years. When Personal Independence Payment (PIP) was first introduced in 2013, Pauline, who had severe schizophrenia, worried that she would have her benefits stopped.

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Mad in America

JULY 16, 2024

A 2020 Psychotherapy Action Network consumer research study reveals that the majority of people considering or pursuing psychotherapy believe that “people should seek therapy when they want to change repeating patterns.”

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Psychiatry News -- Science Daily

JANUARY 13, 2025

New research identifies differing trends in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) diagnoses among adolescents and adults, including an increase among adults from 2020 to 2023. The study found a significant downward trends in ADHD incidence among adults from 2016 to 2020 and adolescents from 2016 to 2018.

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ADDitude

MARCH 10, 2025

[link] 6 Boland, H., DiSalvo, M., Woodworth, K. Faraone, S. V., & Biederman, J. A literature review and meta-analysis on the effects of ADHD medications on functional outcomes. Journal of Psychiatric Research , 123, 2130. link] 7 Kollins, S.H., Sweitzer, M.M., McClernon, F.J.

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Association for Psychological Science (APS)

MARCH 17, 2025

To say admission to a clinical psychology PhD program is competitive might be an understatement, as the number of applicants more than doubled and admission rates dropped in recent years (APA, 2023; Bailey, 2020). References American Psychological Association. Enticing new faces to the field. APA Monitor on Psychology , 51 (1).

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Mad in America

JULY 20, 2024

This trend, which began in 2020, has evolved into a trademarked wellness company that hosts events and sells merchandise while partnering with popular fitness brands. This is particularly problematic considering that students facing economic hardship are more likely to struggle with their mental health.

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Mad in America

MARCH 27, 2024

The subsequent genome-wide association (GWAS) and polygenic score studies Murray promoted in his 2020 book Human Diversity are subject to low scores , environmental confounding , and other significant problems described by the scholars we cited in our article.

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Association for Psychological Science (APS)

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

In their own work, the psychological researchers have shown how school environments (the soil) influence the success of interventions (the seeds) designed to motivate students (Walton & Yeager, 2020). Mend it or end it: Redirecting the search for interactions in the organizational sciences. Organizational Research Methods , 20 , 549573.

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ADDitude

MAY 13, 2025

Int J Environ Res Public Health. link] 2 Berrettini W. The genetics of eating disorders. Psychiatry (Edgmont), Nov;1(3):1825. PMID: 21191522; PMCID: PMC3010958 3 van Hoeken, D., & Hoek, H. Review of the burden of eating disorders: mortality, disability, costs, quality of life, and family burden. Current opinion in psychiatry. link] 4 Khalil, J.,

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Mad in America

JANUARY 16, 2025

Like most people, I didn’t know it was possible to dream while awake until I experienced it firsthand in 2020 during hypnotherapy sessions to alleviate my chronic shoulder pain caused by the stress from homeschooling my children while managing a business.

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Mad in America

APRIL 9, 2024

Since spring 2020, his writing has appeared in over thirty literary journals, including Modern Poetry Quarterly Review, Saint Katherine Review, The Orchards Poetry Journal, and Third Wednesday. Francis Fernandes grew up and studied in Montréal, Canada.

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Mad in America

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

A 2016 Cochrane review concluded that there was insufficient evidence that regularly administering surveys contributed to patient improvements in primary care, and an updated review in 2020 concluded similarly that the scores from these surveys needed to be ‘interpreted with caution’.

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Centre for Mental Health

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

In 2020, like a lot of UK charities, Centre for Mental Health made a public commitment to anti-racist practice in the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd in the United States. Given the number of pledges made during 2020 and thereafter, its up to all of us who work for charities in the UK to stand by those promises and make them real.

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Mental Health America (MHA)

APRIL 19, 2023

This report was developed to provide community-level findings from MHA Screening data from 2020-2022 in Cook County, Illinois and discuss potential policy and programming opportunities to address mental health needs locally and at the state-level.

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APRIL 6, 2015

million (as of school year 2020-21) eligible infants, toddlers, children, and youth with disabilities, including behavioral health disabilities. Department of Education’s 2022 Annual Report to Congress ) In 2020, 9.7% Children and youth ages 3 through 21 receive special education and related services under IDEA Part B.

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Mad in America

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

I wrote about the possible ways of explaining an adverse outcome after stopping a drug almost two decades ago now ( Moncrieff, 2006a ; Moncrieff 2006b ), and other eminent researchers have echoed my analysis ( Tondo & Balessarini, 2020 ). I think this is the case for some people.

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College for Behavioral Health Leadership (CBHL)

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Truly committed to board service, while in office, Ashley served as the Liaison to the Atlantic County Youth Services Commission and Library Advisory Commission, National Association of Counties Human Services and Education Steering Committee for 2019 and 2020. Ashley ended her political term in 2020 after a brief Congressional run.

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Mad in America

JANUARY 25, 2025

The first Mental State of the World Reportreleased by The Global Mind Project , which has hosted online surveys examining global trends in mental wellness since 2020, found respondents from South Africa and the UK had the poorest mental health of the 64 countries represented. The UK and South Africa shared lowest place in the 2021 report.

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My Psychiatry

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

The Increased use of Telemedicine since the Pandemic The telehealth and telemedicine sector has sharply risen ever since the start of the Pandemic CDC, which issued strict instructions at the beginning of February 2020, to adopt social distancing practices and use online means for their healthcare such as working with a psychiatrist.

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ADDitude

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Neuroinflammation as a risk factor for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior, 182, 2234. link] 6 He, Y., L., & Ke, F. Maternal Smoking During Pregnancy and ADHD: Results From a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Prospective Cohort Studies. Journal of Attention Disorders, 24(12), 16371647.

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Mad in America

MARCH 7, 2024

Schizophrenia Bulletin Open 2020; 1(1):sgaa050. . ↩ Bergström T, Taskila J J, Alakare B, Köngäs-Saviaro P, Miettunen J, Seikkula J. Five-Year Cumulative Exposure to Antipsychotic Medication After First-Episode Psychosis and its Association With 19-Year Outcomes.

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JULY 4, 2024

2020 Mar 1;73(1):3-7. Myrna has often been asked about how IPT was invented. You can read more about it in one of the following articles: Weissman MM. Interpersonal Psychotherapy: History and Future. Am J Psychother. doi: 10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.20190032. Epub 2019 Nov 22. PMID: 31752510. A brief history of interpersonal psychotherapy.

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Association for Psychological Science (APS)

MAY 20, 2025

References Leonard, J.A., Cordrey, S., Liu, H.S., & Mackey, A.P. Young children calibrate effort based on the trajectory of their performance. Developmental Psychology , 59 (3). Leonard, J.A., Garcia, A., & Schulz, L.E. How adults actions, outcomes, and testimony affect preschoolers persistence. Child Development , 91 (4). Leonard, J.A.,

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Child Mind Intitute

MAY 1, 2025

In 2020, she was honored as Billboards Music Awards Icon Recipient, and in 2023, she received the iHeartRadio Icon Award, further cementing her legacy. Her 2023 studio album TRUSTFALL debuted at #2 on the Billboard 200 and topped charts internationally.

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Association for Psychological Science (APS)

MARCH 13, 2025

shuttered in March 2020, Jamie Wyss, an elementary school counselor at the Virginia Beach City Public Schools system in Virginia, vividly remembers quickly assembling paper packets on social-emotional learning to hand out to parents. As COVID surged and schools across the U.S.

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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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Therapy for Black Girls

MARCH 26, 2025

Prior to that, Jewel was Head of Google for Startups US, where she created initiatives that have deployed over $45M in non-dilutive capital to Black and Latino-led businesses since 2020.

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Mad in America

DECEMBER 10, 2024

I experienced waking dreams for the first time in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. .” Another respondent indicated that theyhaveexperienced waking dreams during meditation and as side effects of certain painkillers, highlighting the diverse triggers and experiences associated with the waking dream phenomenon.

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