Aging and mental health Document Genetics and mental health 
Psychiatric Times
JUNE 18, 2025
Commonly documented clinical findings of a schizophrenic prodrome include cognitive deficits (memory, attention, and concentration). Studies in Australia and the United States followed individuals with subthreshold psychotic symptoms and functional decline, along with a genetic risk for schizophrenia, over time.
Mad in America
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
Court documents revealed that, in 1999, two such US psychiatrists, Charles Nemeroff and Alan Schatzberg, published a psychiatry textbook that was ghostwritten by GlaxoSmithKline. In 1990-92, 12% of the US population aged 18–54 years received treatment for emotional problems, which went up to 20% in 2001–2003. 695 This is sickening.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
Mad in America
OCTOBER 21, 2023
As I documented in CounterPunch earlier this year, it is now mainstream to acknowledge that: (1) psychiatry’s treatment outcomes are “abysmal” and “not getting any better”; (2) the serotonin imbalance theory of depression is untrue; and (3) psychiatry’s diagnostic manual, the DSM , is scientifically invalid. As of late 2022, just 31% of U.S.
ADDitude
MAY 23, 2025
The MAHA Report , spearheaded by Health and Human Service (HHS) Secretary Robert F. It disregards the genetic underpinnings of ADHD to suggest it is caused by environmental factors and foods, twists data to stoke fear over rising diagnosis rates, and excludes a wealth of studies that link stimulant medication use to improved health outcomes.
Mad in America
NOVEMBER 15, 2023
Her second book, which we will be discussing today, Girls and Their Monsters: The Genain Quadruplets and the Making of Madness in America , explores the lives of the four women behind the National Institute of Mental Health’s famous case study of schizophrenia. He sets out to study the genetics of schizophrenia, through twins.
ADDitude
APRIL 16, 2025
and suggested that the diagnosis of ADHD was arbitrary because it relies not on a biomarkers or genetic tests, but on a trained clinicians careful review of patients self-reported and observed symptoms in several settings. Research has documented the positive impact of ADHD treatment on life expectancy. Women with ADHD live 8.6
Mad in America
FEBRUARY 12, 2025
His work spans everything from the cultural history of mental illness to mindfulness, death anxiety, and resiliencenot the hollow kind that comes from pretending everythings fine, but the kind that comes from staring into the void and refusing to flinch. On a personal note, Brent has played a foundational role in my own journey.
Expert insights. Personalized for you.
64 
Let's personalize your content