Anxiety disorders Pharmaceuticals Poverty and mental health 
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
Mad in America
MARCH 19, 2025
Sugarman has spent decades critically interrogating the ways mainstream psychology reflects and reinforces the ideologies of neoliberalism , shaping how we understand identity, mental health, and human development. Take multiple personality disorder , for example. The transcript below has been edited for length and clarity.
Mad in America
SEPTEMBER 13, 2024
They advised me that if I followed their recommended protocols of therapy and pharmacology, I would inevitably be led, like an obedient Kool-Aid sheep, to better emotional, psychological, and physical health. I was considered ‘mentally unstable’ because an unqualified crisis line volunteer disclosed false information to the police.
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