Mad in America
JUNE 10, 2025
A s a family therapist, well-trained in the 1980s, I came of age professionally with an understanding of how symptoms of mental distress occur, and ways to address it. What most people don’t know is that we already found out a great deal about the causes of mental disturbance—but now we seem to have forgotten it.
Mad in America
APRIL 24, 2025
Antidepressants are Americas first-line treatment for the most common mental health problems, e.g., depression, anxiety, and insomnia. Given that major depression is the mental illness most commonly associated with suicide, antidepressants should at the very least lessen its risk. That is not so.
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Mad in America
MAY 29, 2025
These beliefs have been shaped by NIHs National Institute for Mental Health (NIMH) and by psychiatrists, whose opinions regarding mental health care are trusted by the public. Put to the test, they were unable to demonstrate that the mental disorders are biological illnesses. A psychiatric textbook (Silverman, C.,
Mad in America
NOVEMBER 30, 2024
With convenience right at our fingertips, it seems paradoxical that, despite our relative prosperity, we suffer some of the highest rates of mental illness compared to any other part of the world, with more than 1 in 5 US adults living with mental illness. If that were the case, most of us would not be sitting here today.
Mad in America
OCTOBER 4, 2023
I t was about 10 years ago I wrote in a MIA blog post that if I thought that it was possible, I would have opened a string of clinics all over the country to help get people off of antidepressants. My blog post goes on to explain this in more detail. There is research that shows SSRIs enhance BDNF gene expression.
Center for Integrative Psychiatry
MAY 30, 2025
This emerging discipline explores the powerful relationship between what we eat and how we feel, suggesting that our diets play a far greater role in mental health treatment than previously believed. What we eat affects neurotransmitters like serotonin and dopamine, which play a major role in regulating mood and emotional stability.
Mad in America
DECEMBER 9, 2023
To understand mental illness, we first need to understand what a person really is. Psychologists help people who feel bad and doctors prescribe medicine for broken brains with a lack of one or another neurotransmitter. Mental illness is usually caused by something happening. W hat is a human being?
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