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Lost in Psychobabble? Cut Through the Jargon for Real Mental Clarity

Mad in America

P sychology, mental health, and recovery are often discussed in overly formal language, making the process of healing seem complex and intimidating. However, beneath the jargon lies a straightforward approach that can effectively address most mental health challenges. My Personal Journey I know this firsthand.

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Does Bipolar Disorder Get Worse with Age? Understanding the Impact on Older Adults

Center for Integrative Psychiatry

Bipolar disorder is a lifelong mental health condition characterized by intense mood shifts, from manic highs to depressive lows. But as individuals age, many wonder: Does bipolar disorder get worse with age? Bipolar disorder symptoms in aging adults may appear subtler than in younger individuals.

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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. Advertising at its very core involves presenting a highly selective set of facts, carefully cherry-picked by drug companies to leave a favorable impression.

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A Relationship Imbalance, Not A Chemical Imbalance

Mad in America

A s a family therapist, well-trained in the 1980s, I came of age professionally with an understanding of how symptoms of mental distress occur, and ways to address it. What most people don’t know is that we already found out a great deal about the causes of mental disturbance—but now we seem to have forgotten it.

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The Roots of Emotional Illness: Emotional Conditioning

Mad in America

The National Institutes for Mental Health find a 21.4% He observed that his dogs made mental associations between the people who fed them and their being hungry and producing saliva. When dog feeders came into the dogs room without food , the dogs still produced saliva, as if food was present.

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How Do Psychiatry Residents Learn Psychopharmacology?

Psychiatric Times

2 Realizing that, modern medical educators often morph traditional Socratic questioning into the embedding of “audience response questions” (ARS) within formal presentations. Follow the age-old axiom of “say what you’re going to say, say it, and then say what you said.” 1 Indeed, “active” learning approaches boost retention by 40%.

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When Narratives Clash: Unshrunk and The Cognitive Dissonance of the NY Times

Mad in America

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. Perhaps it wasnt that she suffered from a mental illness, but rather it was her diagnosis and drug treatment that had caused her such suffering.