Mad in America

MAY 2, 2024

The prevailing logic goes: if we can validate biometric tests that are clinically predictive of mental health concerns like in other medical fields, we can more precisely, effectively, and without (solely) subjective clinical observation, treat the malady.

Trauma and the brain 115

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Mad in America

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

You’re also an author, and you’ve written on topics such as aging, genetics, mental representation, biological functions, mechanisms in science, and the concept of information in neuroscience. So why do we call schizophrenia a mental disorder, but not believing in conspiracy theories?

Biopsychosocial model 143

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Mad in America

APRIL 30, 2025

Dr. Moncrieff is a psychiatrist who works in the National Health Service in the United Kingdom. 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? Whitaker: So now you go out and you’re in the asylum or mental hospital.

Neurotransmitters and mental health 144

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