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Lost in Psychobabble? Cut Through the Jargon for Real Mental Clarity

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Clinically speaking, early childhood trauma often leads to insecure attachment styles and maladaptive survival strategies. P sychology, mental health, and recovery are often discussed in overly formal language, making the process of healing seem complex and intimidating. This can discourage people from believing in their ability to improve.

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Depression: Biological or Psychological?

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Many people also believe the psychiatric drugs prescribed to treat depression are effective because they correct a verified biological causation for depression, a chemical imbalance in the brain. NIMH regarded depression as a rare, non-recurring disorder, with a very favorable prognosis. It was treated psychologically, not medically.

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How I Developed a Critical Perspective on Psychiatry

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I can think of many examples throughout my early career where I saw many people admitted to psychiatric wards having suffered an adverse life event, recent or past trauma, only to leave with prescriptions for multiple drugs to treat their new presumed diagnoses.

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Power, Privilege & Controlling the Narrative: Vested Interests in ‘Mental Health’

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It was written by David Hansen, a crisis worker at a person-centred, survivor-led mental health crisis service. Ethical practice requires vigilance in recognising vested interests in any situation and distinguishing between what is ethical and what personally benefits us. Is therapy political? Mental health is also political.

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Part 4: Neurodiversity: New Paradigm, or Trojan Horse?

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T his is the fourth and final part of our blog series on neurodiversity. T his is the fourth and final part of our blog series on neurodiversity. While our stance toward neurodiversity and associated concepts remains critical, none of what follows either limits or changes that personal right, or imposes alternatives.

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Escaping The Shackles of Psychiatry: What I’ve Seen and Survived, as Both Doctor and Patient

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On top of it, during the last few years, when I spent more time detained in hospital than at home, some of the nurses accused me of “not wanting to get better” and urged the doctors to label me with “personality disorder.” “T he only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing,” said Edmund Burke.

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Mad in America’s 10 Most Popular Articles in 2023

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H ere we highlight the top ten of Mad in America’s most read blogs and personal stories of 2023. The relationship between childhood trauma and later development of psychotic symptoms has received increasing attention in recent years. Mental Disorder Has Roots in Trauma and Inequality, Not Biology Allan M.