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Tardive Dyskinesia: Treat Functional Impairment, Not the AIMS Score

Psychiatric Times

She has been on an antipsychotic medication to treat her bipolar disorder for 10 years, resulting in stability of mood symptoms that were previously poorly controlled. How can this be? Let’s review a few case examples. Case 1 “Ms Robbins” is 49 years old and works as a bank teller. On the other hand, Ms Robbins had a much lower score.

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The Quiet Crisis in Mental Health: The Medicalization and Deskilling of Psychotherapy

Mad in America

This parallels Micha Frazer-Carrolls argument that mainstream mental health awareness campaigns tend to normalize mental illness for the so-called worried well, while deliberately excluding those deemed mad or seriously mentally ill. As a result, this promotes the funneling of the mad toward psychiatry and institutional care.

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What Is a Sleep Disorder? A Harmful Dysfunction Analysis

Psychiatric Times

Gazzellone, MD, FRCPC Over the past 30 years, the structured definition of medical disease has largely centered on the HDA developed by Jerome Wakefield for mental disorders in 1992. 7 According to the HDA, only dysfunctions that cause significant harm are considered disorders.

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Mood Tracking: My System for Reducing Psychiatric Hospitalizations

Mad in America

It’s about learning to self-regulate, so that, if and when mental storms pass through, they no longer require such harsh societal intervention. I was first diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 1998. So, I developed from scratch a mood tracking system that was designed to help me monitor my condition and promote self-regulation.

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Intergenerational Gaps and the Role of Technology in Psychiatric Leadership: A Trainee’s Perspective

Psychiatric Times

By definition, technology refers to the application of scientific knowledge to practical purposes, particularly in industry. While some providers embrace mental health apps as tools to assist with patient routines and self-care, others remain cautious about their efficacy and appropriate use.

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On Psychotherapeutic Literacy

Mad in America

Clients should be well aware of the responsible boundaries separating them from their therapist. After a tumultuous episode of a hasty suicide attempt, I was promptly referred to a clinical psychology professor at a university in my hometown, who happened to be the senior alumnus of my former therapist. No, you don’t.”

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Transcending the Frantic Self: A Journey Beyond Subconscious Anxiety

The Anxiety Guy

In today’s episode of the anxiety guy podcast we dive into the relentless orders of our frantic self and go beyond subconscious anxiety. Discover how to heal anxiety by shifting away from these subconscious patterns and tapping into a new guidance system centered around the higher self.