Mad in America

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

No-way-out by J “Mental distress is a portal to self-actualisation, providing a gateway into inner-consciousness…[it] is only labelled as an ‘illness’ because of how we have been conditioned to understand it within western culture.” Footnote This research was completed with the Alef Trust in 2024.

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Zencare

JUNE 9, 2025

People hear something they can relate to, and they self-diagnose and/or treat themselves based on the worst case. Social media campaigns have been extremely effective in raising awareness and showing people there are so many others experiencing the same struggles. Choi B, Kim H, Huh-Yoo J (2021). Social media and self-diagnosis.

Genetics and mental health 94

Genetics and mental health Sleep and mental health Self-awareness Education 94

Mad in America

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Simultaneously, in the 2021 Mental Health Atlas of the WHO it was found that only 49 countries, which is equivalent to 31% of responding countries or 25% of WHO Member States, reported the integration of mental health into primary care including the provision of psychosocial interventions.

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Construction Childhood trauma Self-awareness Education 145

Psychiatric Times

JUNE 23, 2025

While some providers embrace mental health apps as tools to assist with patient routines and self-care, others remain cautious about their efficacy and appropriate use. July 13, 2021. A similar divide exists in the field of mental health. The increased availability of medical information online also presents challenges. Cogent Soc Sci.

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Mad in America

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Harvard University’s Center on the Developing Child offers this definition of EF skills: “Executive function and self-regulation skills are the mental processes that enable us to plan, focus attention, remember instructions, and juggle multiple tasks successfully. A good starting point is the term “executive function.”

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Mad in America

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

I had had enough of the gypsy life, and I found a somatic coach to help me process, heal and learn self-regulating skills. I had more awareness. I worked with a doctor during 2020 and in the spring of 2021 to deal with my autoimmune symptoms that showed up as brain inflammation, but this was the last time. In some ways it did.

Trauma and the brain 143

Trauma and the brain Sleep and mental health Aging and mental health Genetics and mental health 143

Mad in America

AUGUST 10, 2024

And I was all too aware of reports of shocking numbers of rapes and sexual assaults on psychiatric wards that I had read when I discovered online psychiatric survivor forums, and even reports in the mainstream media. I was released at the end of my 28 day section but mentally I did not leave for years to come.

Sleep and mental health 125

Sleep and mental health Aging and mental health Trauma and the brain Social Services 125

Mad in America

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

An investigation, published in 2021 in the Journal of Affective Disorders , of 5,872 cases and 43,862 controls that examined 22,028 genes, reported that the study “fails to identify genes influencing the probability of developing a mood disorder” and “no gene or gene set produced a statistically significant result.” Genes and depression?

Poverty and mental health 145

Poverty and mental health Childhood trauma Neurotransmitters and mental health Trauma and the brain 145

Clear Behavioral Health

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

This is all happening while their brains, and their senses of self, are still developing. Teens in treatment report intense awareness and concern about the U.S. However, there are sudden changes in typical behavioryou can watch out for to be aware of your teens mental health.

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Lightwork

MARCH 19, 2025

While the medication can effectively clear stubborn acne and boost confidence, it’s important to also be aware of the reported psychological effects. The visibility of facial acne creates constant awareness, leading to negative self-talk and reduced self-esteem.

Genetics and mental health 52

Genetics and mental health Nutrition and mood Neurotransmitters and mental health Sleep and mental health 52

Solara Mental Health

AUGUST 16, 2021

People, such as athletes, who experience flow regularly are more likely to develop positive traits, including higher self-esteem, better concentration, and general performance. Retrieved August 16, 2021, from [link] You were so immersed in whatever you were doing at the moment that you didnt notice the time passed. What is Happiness?

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Self-awareness Positive psychology 52

The Art of Healing Trauma

JULY 22, 2021

Self-tracking I talked about how I was tracking my PTSD symptoms. (9.) My third Somatic Experiencing session, on Thursday, November 11, was primarily about how to reconnect with a place of peace, neutrality and self-connection even after the system is disrupted by something. This issue also happened when driving.

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Trauma and the brain Self-awareness PTSD recovery 52

ADDitude

JUNE 10, 2025

The study says diagnoses are following greater awareness and less stigma, along with improved education, training, and symptom recognition, particularly in historically overlooked girls, women , and racial and ethnic minorities. Self-harm as the first presentation of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in adolescents. in the U.S.

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Mad in America

APRIL 19, 2025

By 2021, over 12,000 college students had participated in the program, with their DNA collected from saliva (hence the name Spit For Science) and their drinking habits and other behaviors assessed by survey every year. The Sound You Hear Is the Genetic Goalposts Being Moved Out to Midfield.

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Genetics and mental health Technology Self-awareness Education 126

Mad in America

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

Psychiatry asserts that it has the medical authority to deem certain people “mentally ill,” and that such people can be forcibly treated because they suffer from “anosognosia” and thus lack awareness that they are ill and in need of treatment. The 2021 WHO report echoed that sentiment.

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Mad in America

AUGUST 5, 2024

We consider the consequences of diagnosis as a form of social identity; of neurodivergence as a form of disability; and of self-diagnosis. Some of them self-identify as disabled, a category which—like neurodivergence itself—is extremely heterogenous. The consequences of ‘diagnosis as identity.’ Both outcomes are problematic.

Trauma and the brain 145

Trauma and the brain Genetics and mental health Self-awareness Personality disorders 145

Mad in America

AUGUST 1, 2024

My anecdotal explanation is that psychologists and psychiatrists are more concerned with self-preservation and their own ego, despite the latter actually being medical doctors. The answer lies in the fundamental nature of any tribe, band or clan; self-sufficiency. What is the purpose of awareness?

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Aging and mental health Self-awareness Agriculture Education 131

Mad in America

JUNE 6, 2024

Insel is a prime example of a top psychiatrist with exuberance about psychiatry regardless of his awareness of the reality of its repeated failures. “I Authored by psychiatrist Marshall Garrick, this article provides a window to the cultural values of psychiatry, and how self-serving rationalizations are considered artful diplomacy.

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

Mad in America

JANUARY 6, 2024

Patients often find such a level of self-disclosure about the therapist’s problems burdensome and distracting, and I immediately felt less confidence in her ability to help. And too often he retreated to superficial, self-help maxims—“there is no such thing as perfect”—a “look on the bright side” attitude that trivialized my concerns.

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Aging and mental health Insurance Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Self-awareness 144

Mad in America

MARCH 7, 2024

Back in 2021, he was behind the UK’s first psychotherapy clinic using ketamine to treat patients – here in Bristol. Documents from the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service state that Patient A – who has since died – was vulnerable due to a variety of mental health conditions Dr Sessa was aware of.

Self-awareness 116

Self-awareness 116

Mad in America

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Additional rules were adopted in November 2021 that required #988 to also be available by text. I decided to focus on self-injury this time. The door to talk about self-injury had been opened, and so I walked through it. “I Right now self injuring is helping.” Jen: “What are you doing to self-harm right now?”

Sleep and mental health 137

Sleep and mental health Self-awareness Resilience and coping Hospitality 137

Mad in America

MARCH 2, 2024

In 2009-2010, things did not go well for me due to a combination of extreme insomnia, a seriously diminished self-image, setbacks in all kinds of areas and the partial loss of my social safety net. Anniek: I had cleared six months of time to make sure I had time for optimal self-care. Over the years, the diagnoses all fell away.

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Sleep and mental health Self-awareness Neurotransmitters and mental health Resilience and coping 143

Psychiatric Times

JUNE 6, 2025

She says she was self -schooled, learning to read by parsing the Bible and Mormon writings. Tara’s mother even self-published her own counter-memoir, presumably “setting the record straight.” He did not acknowledge mistakes (such as, the inevitable collapse of civilization with Y2K… Oops!), Ostensibly, Westover was homeschooled.

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

Real Psychiatry

DECEMBER 2, 2024

The inventory itself consists of 24 self-competed questions and can be viewed here. It has generated very little research interest and is generally referenced once or twice a year in PubMed except for the year 2021 where there were 10 references. It was adapted from the 195-item Cornell Medical Index Health Questionnaire.

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Mad in America

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

Every other day, it seems, some new article appears on declines in child and adolescent wellbeing and spikes in suicide attempts and self-harm. Third: It feeds into the epidemic of self-diagnosis raging across the internet, particularly among teenage girls, and particularly on TikTok with its “sick-role subculture.” For the brain.

Aging and mental health 138

Aging and mental health Sleep and mental health Neurotransmitters and mental health Self-awareness 138

Mad in America

JANUARY 9, 2025

And thanks to education and awareness-raising efforts, more people are getting help with their suffering. Raising awareness about depression, screening for it, and teaching that its common but underdiagnosed, at first glance seem like good things. So its particularly easy to get them to adopt an inferior self-image.

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Healthcare Aging and mental health Self-awareness Bipolar disorder 99

Mad in America

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

However, once again in this report its destructive impact is neglected and actively obscured by psychology in the service of neoliberal ideology that advocates extreme self-interest, competition, over-consumption, and greed. The widespread destructive nature of neoliberalism on human welfare has been observed by numerous others.

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Resilience and coping Aging and mental health Sleep and mental health Self-awareness 135

Mad in America

OCTOBER 19, 2023

I n 2021, the Oregon legislature designated six million dollars to establish and operate four peer respites across the state. In late 2021 we formed a local mad group that would meet outside as a support group, and to do activities together like swimming at our local rivers in the summertime.

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