Bullet Psych

JANUARY 17, 2025

Depressive disorders, anxiety disorder, and attentional disorders are also commonly comorbid. See our full list of book recommendations for the most up-to-date editions. If you enjoy this content and would like to support the website then consider donating.

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Lightwork

JANUARY 16, 2025

Create a calming 30-minute bedtime ritual to signal your body it’s time to wind down: Take a warm bath or shower Practice gentle stretching Read a relaxing book Listen to soft music Write in your journal Apply aromatherapy with lavender or chamomile Pro tip: Set a bedtime reminder on your phone 1 hour before sleep.

Sleep and mental health 52

Sleep and mental health Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Healthcare Anxiety disorders 52

Bullet Psych

JANUARY 21, 2024

Also associated with depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, personality disorder, somatic symptom disorder, and illness anxiety disorder. Treatment : Options include: 1) Chronotherapy (delaying bedtime by 2-3 hours per night until desired sleep-wake cycle is achieved).

Bipolar disorder 52

Bipolar disorder Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Anxiety disorders Personality disorders 52

Child Mind Intitute

OCTOBER 30, 2024

During this time, we hear more often from parents who are struggling with setting limits and seeing more behavioral difficulties, says Michelle Thirkield, PsyD, a psychologist in the Anxiety Disorders Center at the Child Mind Institute. Large gatherings tend to overwhelm those with autism and social anxiety.

Autism spectrum 52

Autism spectrum Anxiety disorders 52

The Anxiety Guy

APRIL 15, 2024

Conclusion: We will wrap up the podcast with insights on how adopting an empowered stance not only alters your journey with anxiety but also transforms your entire life perspective. Its about moving from feeling powerless to rediscovering your innate strength and capability to manage and overcome anxiety.

Mindfulness practices 40

Mindfulness practices Anxiety disorders 40

Mad in America

OCTOBER 18, 2023

I started writing books. My first book was called ‘ Too Much Medicine. ’ I got a Harkness Fellowship and went to Harvard to study this more. Dhar: Is this what inspired you to create the “documentary” for ‘Motivational Deficiency Disorder’ and the April Fool piece in BMJ along with it? We investigated social anxiety disorder.

Pharmaceuticals 145

Pharmaceuticals Healthcare Manufacturing Neurotransmitters and mental health 145

Mad in America

MAY 17, 2025

However, mental disorders are not concrete things that can be found with a brain scanner or treated with medication like a bacterial infection with antibiotics. Much has already been written about these points, for example in my book on mental health and substance use (open access). Bipolar disorder 413,000 64 4.6

Genetics and mental health 119

Genetics and mental health Poverty and mental health Trauma and the brain Autism spectrum 119

Mad in America

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Editor’s Note: Over the next several months, Mad in America is publishing a serialized version of Les Ruthven’s book, Much of U.S. In this blog, he addresses benzodiazepines and whether substance abuse disorders should be considered brain diseases. SSRI treatment of the anxiety disorders.

Healthcare 94

Healthcare Anxiety disorders Hospitality Insurance 94

Mad in America

OCTOBER 25, 2023

In this interview, we talk about her experiences of withdrawal from a cocktail of psychiatric drugs and her debut memoir, May Cause Side Effects , published in 2022 which is one of the first books on antidepressant withdrawal to make it to the mass market. I’m diagnosing a depressive and anxiety disorder and recommending medication.”

Self-awareness 145

Self-awareness Genetics and mental health Resilience and coping Aging and mental health 145

Real Psychiatry

MAY 26, 2025

People in acute distress from being fired, separated from their spouse, or acute bereavement who were suddenly started on antidepressants or anxiolytics after a few days of anxiety or depression and a very brief assessment. I go back to the very first book I read on supportive psychotherapy (1). New York; Basic Books; 1984.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 97

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Self-awareness Anxiety disorders Personality disorders 97

Mad in America

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Editor’s Note: Over the next several months, Mad in America is publishing a serialized version of Les Ruthven’s book, Much of U.S. In this blog, he introduces the book. Each Monday, a new section of the book is published, and all chapters are archived here. Healthcare is Broken: How to Fix It. as in a Ph.D.

Healthcare 121

Healthcare Genetics and mental health Insurance Pharmaceuticals 121

Mad in America

JANUARY 29, 2024

Editor’s Note: Over the next several months, Mad in America is publishing a serialized version of Les Ruthven’s book, Much of U.S. Each Monday, a new section of the book is published, and all chapters are archived here. In my book on antidepressants 1 (pp. Healthcare is Broken: How to Fix It. meprobamate) as well.

Healthcare 109

Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Aging and mental health Hospitality 109

Mad in America

MARCH 30, 2024

He went to his GP, who diagnosed him with “anxiety disorder” on top of his bipolar diagnosis and prescribed Xanax. Unbeknownst to Matt and me, he was being admitted to the psychiatric ward, where his basic rights were being taken away with no phone, laptop, books and pens. Imagine that?! What did you do when Matt was released?

Sleep and mental health 129

Sleep and mental health Bipolar disorder Trauma and the brain Aging and mental health 129

Mad in America

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

R egardless of the context and cause, distress is increasingly interpreted and diagnosed as a mental illnesscommonly clinical depression and/or anxiety disorder. This process of medicalisation is now all too often a default response to distress and happens on a large scale.

Aging and mental health 141

Aging and mental health Insurance Mental health policy Pharmaceuticals 141

Mad in America

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Editor’s Note: Over the next several months, Mad in America is publishing a serialized version of Les Ruthven’s book, Much of U.S. Each Monday, a new section of the book is published, and all chapters are archived here. Healthcare is Broken: How to Fix It. When antidepressants fail bring on cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT).

Healthcare 103

Healthcare Sleep and mental health Pharmaceuticals Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 103

Mad in America

DECEMBER 25, 2023

Editor’s Note: Over the next several months, Mad in America is publishing a serialized version of Les Ruthven’s book, Much of U.S. Each Monday, a new section of the book is published, and all chapters are archived here. Healthcare is Broken: How to Fix It. In this blog, he begins a discussion on depression and antidepressant drugs.

Neurotransmitters and mental health 77

Neurotransmitters and mental health Healthcare Aging and mental health Self-awareness 77

Bullet Psych

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

fibromyalgia, arthritis, cancer), asthma or other respiratory issues like COPD, heart disease (angina, paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea), GERD, hyperthyroidism, prostate disease, urinary frequency/urgency, neurodegenerative disorders, pregnancy, menopause, restless leg syndrome. dementia), and substance use disorders.

Sleep and mental health 52

Sleep and mental health Aging and mental health Bipolar disorder Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 52

Child Mind Intitute

MARCH 31, 2025

So that’s where the anxiety and ADHD come together you just shut down and can’t do anything. Its common to have both anxiety and ADHD, Dr. Litvinov says. But even people who arent officially diagnosed with an anxiety disorder experience acute stress when faced with too many tasks or tasks that feel difficult to begin.

Anxiety disorders 71

Anxiety disorders 71

Mad in America

OCTOBER 11, 2024

He told me I had an anxiety disorder on top of being depressed, and that there was a medication called Klonopin that would help my anxiety and another one called Celexa for my depression. In Illinois, I saw a guy I found in the phone book. Instead I saw a social worker. She took my history, then I saw a psychiatrist.

Insurance 133

Insurance Anxiety disorders Personality disorders 133

Child Mind Intitute

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Award-winning journalist, author, and mom of three Jennifer Wallace shared insights on how parents can help children value themselves from her book, Never Enough: When Achievement Pressure Becomes Toxic and What We Can Do About It.

Nonprofits 52

Nonprofits Anxiety disorders Education 52

Bullet Psych

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

CBT for insomnia and anxiety disorders can help reduce reliance on sedative-hypnotics. See Day 60: Intro to SUD for a discussion of interventions that include behavioral therapies, peer support & 12-step programs, and family support resources. Some clinicians recommend switching to longer-acting BZDs (e.g.,

Sleep and mental health 52

Sleep and mental health Trauma and the brain Genetics and mental health Group therapy 52

Bullet Psych

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Etiology/Epidemiology Risk factors include stress ful life events, trauma , anxiety disorders, sleep deprivation , irregular sleep schedules, and certain medications or substance use such as antidepressants or withdrawal from alcohol. May lead to significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other areas of functioning.

Sleep and mental health 40

Sleep and mental health Genetics and mental health Aging and mental health Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 40

Mad in America

MARCH 15, 2025

There is no more important institution in establishment psychiatry than the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), and in 2022, psychiatrist Thomas Insel, NIMH director from 2002-2015, stated in his book Healing , The idea of mental illness as a chemical imbalance has now given way to mental illnesses as connectional or brain circuit disorders.

Neurotransmitters and mental health 135

Neurotransmitters and mental health Trauma and the brain Manufacturing Pharmaceuticals 135

Mad in America

JANUARY 16, 2024

Primary care doctors do not know of the evidence I review in my book which shows that the “science” psychiatrists cite for their medical practices has been created out of whole cloth. A highly regarded book by two economists, Angus Case and Anne Deaton, describes how psychological trauma—social/psychological factors—leads to mental disorder.

Genetics and mental health 145

Genetics and mental health Trauma and the brain Anxiety disorders Construction 145

Mad in America

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

The initial push to recognize PTSD as a formal diagnosis was driven by psychiatrists such as Dr. Robert Jay Lifton with his book “Home from the War” and Dr. Chaim Shatan along with Vietnam War veterans. They understandably sought to address the severe psychological toll of trauma on veterans. In later years, advocates like Dr. .”

Resilience and coping 143

Resilience and coping Self-awareness Sleep and mental health Nutrition and mood 143

Mad in America

JANUARY 9, 2024

Rule books make Companies Big by forcing the little guys out of business. Rather than give us a serenic, which many might feel was not unreasonable to take at times, doctors have to give us an anxiety disorder. Regulation can work against us in other ways. 1 Despite all this, we turn now to regulators more than ever before.

Sleep and mental health 140

Sleep and mental health Legal Healthcare Pharmaceuticals 140

Mad in America

MARCH 19, 2025

His extensive body of work includes Persons: Understanding Psychological Selfhood and Agency (2010), Psychology and the Question of Agency (2003), and The Psychology of Human Possibility and Constraint (1999) books that challenge psychologys tendency to isolate individuals from history, culture, and power structures.

Poverty and mental health 138

Poverty and mental health Education Self-awareness Aging and mental health 138