Mad in America

JULY 10, 2025

W hen I first saw Laura Delano’s story was being published by Penguin, a major publisher, I knew that we were on the brink of change by way of the public narrative around mental health in the west. Like Laura, I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder at age seventeen.

Nutrition and mood

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

Lightwork

MAY 1, 2025

Research shows women develop substance dependencies faster than men and experience more severe health consequences from prolonged substance use. Addressing Mental Health in Women’s Recovery Journey Mental health care plays a vital role in women’s addiction recovery.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy

ADDitude

APRIL 16, 2025

April 16, 2025 Every few years, the ADHD community must endure another skeptic an author, a journalist, a contrarian mental health provider, quite frequently a chiropractor recycling claims like “ADHD is overdiagnosed,” “stimulants dont work,” or, most remarkably in one case, “ADHD does not exist.”

Genetics and mental health