Mad in America

APRIL 8, 2025

Clinically speaking, early childhood trauma often leads to insecure attachment styles and maladaptive survival strategies. While some neurological and genetic conditions may exist, they are less common than often assumed. Even these conditions can be managed and mitigated through a modified version of this approach.

Genetics and mental health 93

Genetics and mental health Dialectical Behavior Therapy Trauma and the brain Aging and mental health 93

Mad in America

MAY 29, 2025

They regarded phobias as unconscious representations of hidden childhood traumas, and they were convinced by this theory that eliminating the phobia would precipitate a psychosis. His treatment alarmed the psychoanalysts, who were the dominant mental health practitioners at that time.

Genetics and mental health 110

Genetics and mental health Neurotransmitters and mental health Trauma and the brain Dialectical Behavior Therapy 110

Mad in America

DECEMBER 30, 2023

H ere we highlight the top ten of Mad in America’s most read blogs and personal stories of 2023. Universal DBT in Schools Increases Anxiety, Depression, Family Conflict In October, Peter Simons wrote about research asking if dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) can actually make kids’ mental health worse.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy 145

Dialectical Behavior Therapy Trauma and the brain Childhood trauma Sleep and mental health 145