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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. Psychiatric institutions are increasing rapidly across the country.

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How Do Psychiatry Residents Learn Psychopharmacology?

Psychiatric Times

andrey_orlov/AdobeStock CLINICAL REFLECTIONS Medical education has traversed an evolving path over the past few decades. Author(s): Joseph F. Goldberg, MD , Stephen M. Stahl, MD, PhD, DSc (Hon) Now more than ever, capturing and scaling the ingredients that make for compelling and impactful teaching for trainees is vital to our future.

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Addressing Identity and Recovery in Veterans

National Council for Mental Wellbeing (NCMW - the

These often include mental health challenges, substance use, and the complex interplay between the two. Veterans also have higher rates of mental health disorders than the civilian population, an additional risk factor for substance use disorder development. It instills a deep sense of purpose, belonging and structure.

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Therapy by Script Undermines Healing; Connection Is the Key

Mad in America

“We need to describe how human beings unfold and become very beautiful when listened to. Listening shows that the nature of human beings is nothing like socialized content. If this is true, what are we doing sending people off into the eyeshades on their psychedelic journeys? Cloud Shadow With Red Diffusion Light During the Disturbance Period.

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My Story of Surviving Psychiatry

Mad in America

It will be easier to dive into the depths of darkness and despair that I went through as a mental health patient if I start with a story of hope. It will be easier to dive into the depths of darkness and despair that I went through as a mental health patient if I start with a story of hope. This holiday has been amazing.

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What Are Waking Dreams, and Why Should You Care?

Mad in America

Waking dreams are natural phenomenathat occurwhen people experience dreamlike mental activities while awake. It represents a hybrid mental state on the edge between wakefulness and sleep, where imagination and reality blur. I experienced waking dreams for the first time in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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ADHD and Schizophrenia: Decoding the Connection

ADDitude

Q : Schizophrenia is a rare brain disorder, but its prevalence rate among adults with ADHD is about double that of the general population 0.9 ADHD can be diagnosed at any age, though it usually emerges in the early grade school years. ADHD can be diagnosed at any age, though it usually emerges in the early grade school years.