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Behind the Smiles: Mental Health in South Korea’s High-Pressure Society

Mad in America

A Silent Crisis Despite rising awareness, mental health is still a taboo topic in many Korean families. of Koreans reported experiencing at least one mental health issue in the past year, such as chronic stress, anxiety, or depressive symptoms. Ive also been one of them. Psychotherapy is rarely suggested.

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In Brain Chemistry We Trust—The Gospel According to Pharma

Mad in America

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.

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Screen Time and Summer

Child Mind Intitute

What do you want your kids to do for their health and well-being over the summer? Because of the intense national conversation about the effect of screens on youth development and mental health, it’s easy to be confused, as a parent, about what to do about screens. Know your risks. What harms do you want to avoid?

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How Do Psychiatry Residents Learn Psychopharmacology?

Psychiatric Times

By definition, nobody forgets the details of an experience that creates unforgettable memories. Follow the age-old axiom of “say what you’re going to say, say it, and then say what you said.” What does this have to do with how psychiatry residents can best learn psychopharmacology?

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Addressing the Silent Mental Health Crisis of Children and Youth Around the World

Child Mind Intitute

The Current Landscape: A Need for Cultural Sensitivity Children and adolescents in LMICs face severe challenges that greatly affect their mental health, including high levels of poverty, exposure to child labor, violence, conflict, and limited access to education. Yet data on their mental health needs are severely lacking.

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The Emperor’s New Clothes? The Psychiatrist as Expert in a Post-Modern World

Mad in America

I propose in this essay to question the pre-eminence of psychiatric opinion, the accepted notion that psychiatric clinical experience is the benchmark of valid mental health symptoms, and suggest a pathway towards lasting and effective treatment.

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New Guidelines on How to Accurately Convey ADHD Information

Mad in America

A vivid example is that healthcare professionals tend do classify the youngest in a classroom as having ADHD up to twice as often as their older classmates—due to their normal age-appropriate behavior: a stunning but long-known research finding that has insufficiently found its way to a broader audience.