Mad in America

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

With the entirely benevolent aim of publicising this important document, I emailed the editors of Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry to see if they would accept a paper on the Guidelines as a “Viewpoint.” Is mental disorder a genetic disturbance of brain function, or is it not?

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Mad in America

DECEMBER 20, 2023

In Part 1 , we discussed Mad in America, the biopsychosocial model and the history of psychiatry. O n the Mad in America podcast this week, we continue our reader Q&A with Mad in America founder Robert Whitaker.

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Mad in America

DECEMBER 13, 2023

You sent some great questions and on this and our next podcast, we will be talking with Bob about Mad in America, the biopsychosocial model, the history of psychiatry, pharmaceutical marketing, and issues with psychiatric treatments including psychiatric drugs and electroconvulsive therapy. But do patients report the same?

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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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