Bipolar disorder, Childhood trauma and Definition

Who Do We Leave Behind When We Ignore the Body? Why Critical Neuroscientists and Mad Activists Must Work Together

Mad in America

MAY 2, 2024

A recent Neuroscience News article is titled “ Bipolar disorder can be detected with blood test. ” 1 This is one of many recent, oversimplified headlines that encourage us to think we are on the brink of discovering the next biomarker that will scientifically validate biomedical psychiatric disorders.

Trauma and the brain

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

Depsychiatrization: Dispelling Harmful, Diagnostical Self-Concepts in Therapy and Community Health Work

Mad in America

JUNE 3, 2025

I was assigned as Leas therapist, and my official goal was to alleviate her of as many of her borderline symptoms as possible, and to educate her on mentalization and the ramification of her disordered personality. And few diagnoses are as adamantly claimed to be biological in nature (counter to all evidence) as much as bipolar disorder.

Trauma and the brain

Trauma and the brain Self-awareness Aging and mental health Bipolar disorder

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Who Do We Leave Behind When We Ignore the Body? Why Critical Neuroscientists and Mad Activists Must Work Together

Depsychiatrization: Dispelling Harmful, Diagnostical Self-Concepts in Therapy and Community Health Work

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