Mad in America

DECEMBER 2, 2023

The diagnostic guidelines we follow are not scripture, and they are definitely not based on unquestionable science. It is an archaic, essentially Western model that believes reality is mechanical and is best understood by breaking it down into its most fundamental parts. 10 Minutes per Patient?

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Mad in America

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

In practice, however, this broad definition attracts little more than lip service. of government health spending, the majority of which is spent on institutions and on physical care: “…the biomedical model, which focuses predominantly on diagnosis, medication and symptom reduction, prevails across existing mental health systems.

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Mad in America

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

So I wonder, in your research, what did you come to think about the way in which we’ve pursued a definitive classification of mental suffering? I’ll talk to folks who say, “Look, psychiatry isn’t really using a medical model anymore, we’ve moved past that.

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Mad in America

MAY 2, 2024

On the one hand, the biopsychosocial model is the most proliferated, which in theory acknowledges psychological and societal factors alongside biological ones, but slapping these three domains together within one model does little to elucidate the interplay between them.

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Mad in America

APRIL 30, 2025

When were you in medical school in the UK, were they teaching the DSM III disease model, or did you hear a different story about what causes depression? Moncrieff: When I was in medical school we were taught, as we’re still officially taught now, the biopsychosocial model of mental disorders.

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Mad in America

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Hough notes that, while Irelands mental health system has recently started using terms like biopsychosocial model, human rights, and trauma-informed, actual practices remain essentially the same as always. If you use the evidence that supports their treatment, then by definition the purpose is to harm others.

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