Mad in America
APRIL 2, 2025
Their combined marketing power led to an unprecedented, carefully orchestrated promotional effort that fundamentally changed peoples understanding of mental health. They’re too exhausted from seeing patients, documenting notes in electronic health records, and dealing with the frustrations of our mechanized healthcare system.
Mad in America
MARCH 21, 2025
The New York Times article was the first to weigh in on the topic. The Clash of Narratives In Unshrunk , Laura tells of how when she read my book Anatomy of an Epidemic, she suddenly saw her past life as a mental patient in a new light.
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Mad in America
APRIL 24, 2025
Antidepressants are Americas first-line treatment for the most common mental health problems, e.g., depression, anxiety, and insomnia. Given that major depression is the mental illness most commonly associated with suicide, antidepressants should at the very least lessen its risk. That is not so.
Mad in America
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024
A recent study published in the Journal of Affective Disorders raises alarm about the widespread prescription of antidepressants for post-menopausal women between the ages of 45 and 64. We found that MHT was prescribed for 2.94 % of women aged 45–54 years old who had a record of CMHD.
Mad in America
JANUARY 25, 2025
R esearch has found South Africa consistently ranks in the bottom three performing countries in terms of global mental health. Photo by tuxone The Mental State of the World Report measures the mental health of internet users only, making it limited in the South African context where close to one-third of the population isnt online.
Mad in America
DECEMBER 1, 2023
It may be contentious to affirm a Sufi cult of saints as a treatment for mental illness in this day and age. What these experiences of Sufi healing reveal are the complexities of a global mental health puzzle that has remained stubbornly unresolved for the past 50 years.”
Mad in America
APRIL 17, 2025
From KFF Health News: “ Overcome by worries, Lynette Isbell dialed a mental health hotline in April 2022. She wanted to talk to someone about her midlife troubles: divorce, an empty nest, and the demands of caring for aging parents with dementia. The whole thing was an absolute, utter, traumatic nightmare, she said.
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