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Treat Systems, Not Symptoms: Defending the Sanity of the Oppressed

Mad in America

1 This burden in mental health systems is paralleled globally, and yet, the WHO estimates that 35 to 50% of individuals in high income countries like the U.S. do not receive mental health care. 2 There is a significant treatment gap coupled with global underfunding in mental health care.

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NIH Autism Database Sparks Concern of Privacy Violations, Discrimination

ADDitude

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. This proposed NIH-CMS database would reportedly include information from wearable health devices, insurance claims, and online medical records. ” “Both my college-aged and teenage children who are autistic are against the idea of a registry. Kennedy, Jr.,

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Personalized Recovery for Women | Tailored Therapy Solutions

Lightwork

Research shows women develop substance dependencies faster than men and experience more severe health consequences from prolonged substance use. Understanding Women’s Unique Recovery Needs Women face distinct challenges in addiction recovery that require specialized treatment approaches.

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The Connection Cure: An Interview with Julia Hotz

Mad in America

Siem: The reason I asked your age is because I’m 38. ” Then I realized you’re quite young and came of age with social media and a more technologically connected world. ” Then I realized you’re quite young and came of age with social media and a more technologically connected world. How old are you?

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Therapy by App: A Clinical Psychologist Tries BetterHelp

Mad in America

BetterHelp and its competitors suggest they are the answer to a pressing societal mental health crisis. As a result, people are seeking mental health care at unprecedented rates, leaving many professionals too full to accept new patients, and creating an opening for new platforms.

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Default Depression—How We Now Interpret Distress as Mental Illness

Mad in America

R egardless of the context and cause, distress is increasingly interpreted and diagnosed as a mental illnesscommonly clinical depression and/or anxiety disorder. The biomedical approach to distress has spread beyond the health/mental health sector and has seeped into every sector of the community.

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Stealing My Mother From Me: The Horrors of Conservatorship

Mad in America

Guardianship and the legal system stole her from me. But I was doing my best to love and assist my aging mother with whatever aid I could find, and I had to take this seriously. I told them I had a POA health directive for her, and I’d be there in the morning. What a joke the legal system is. Consider my mother’s story.