Mad in America

APRIL 24, 2025

Antidepressants are Americas first-line treatment for the most common mental health problems, e.g., depression, anxiety, and insomnia. When the Covid-19 pandemic brought its cascade of anxiety, trauma, and grief, many Americans turned to antidepressants for relief.

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Neurotransmitters and mental health Trauma and the brain Aging and mental health Pharmaceuticals 119

Psychiatric Times

JUNE 12, 2025

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. andrey_orlov/AdobeStock CLINICAL REFLECTIONS Medical education has traversed an evolving path over the past few decades.

Education 123

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Mad in America

MAY 2, 2024

A recent Neuroscience News article is titled “ Bipolar disorder can be detected with blood test. ” Some neuroscientists argue that we should rather focus our efforts on the upstream social and structural factors, such as trauma and inequity , that create the conditions for mental health concerns to arise.

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Trauma and the brain Neurotransmitters and mental health Genetics and mental health Biopsychosocial model 121

Mad in America

DECEMBER 9, 2023

Editor’s Note: This article, written by Julia X, was first published on our affiliate site, Mad in Sweden. To understand mental illness, we first need to understand what a person really is. Science has a pretty good grasp of how the body and brain work, right? Mental illness is usually caused by something happening.

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Mad in America

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

P sychiatry’s serotonin-imbalance theory of depression, long discarded by researchers, was finally flushed down the toilet by psychiatry and the mainstream media in 2022. And psychiatrists’ primary treatments for depression—their so-called “antidepressants”—are now circling the drain. 2) What approach to depression makes sense? Genes and depression?

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Association for Psychological Science (APS)

MAY 15, 2025

What happens in the brain when impulsive decisions take over? Why do some brains lose control under high arousal, while others stay composed? Why do some brains lose control under high arousal while others stay composed? Why do some people struggle to control their actions when emotions run high? This is Under the Cortex.

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Trauma and the brain Neurotransmitters and mental health Genetics and mental health Dialectical Behavior Therapy 84

Lightwork

DECEMBER 26, 2024

This stark difference isn’t just a statistical anomalyit reflects complex biological, social, and cultural factors that shape women’s mental health experiences. Biological Factors Contributing to Anxiety in Women Women’s bodies go through complex hormonal cycles that have a significant impact on their mental health.

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Anxiety disorders Resilience and coping Aging and mental health Sleep and mental health 52