Mad in America

DECEMBER 20, 2023

In Part 1 , we discussed Mad in America, the biopsychosocial model and the history of psychiatry. One was the movie One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest , which presented the staff in a mental hospital as crazier than the patients and, frankly, brutal and oppressive. We are talking about hospitalized depression.

Pharmaceuticals 145

Pharmaceuticals Aging and mental health Hospitality Biopsychosocial model 145

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. The context of their life.

Neurotransmitters and mental health 143

Neurotransmitters and mental health Pharmaceuticals Genetics and mental health Biopsychosocial model 143

Mad in America

MAY 21, 2025

He has helped pioneer integrative approaches that unite phenomenology and neuroscience, including a biopsychosocial model grounded in enactive and embodied cognition , as well as a person-centered, ecosocial framework for understanding suffering beyond reductive biological paradigms. People were often very defensive.

Trauma and the brain 126

Trauma and the brain Poverty and mental health Aging and mental health Resilience and coping 126