Mad in America
APRIL 15, 2025
As a Doctor of Korean Medicine who helps patients taper off long-term psychotropic medication, I see the cracks in the system every daypatients who were placed on antidepressants, sleeping pills, or antipsychotics decades ago and never given a clear path to recovery. Ive also been one of them. Psychotherapy is rarely suggested.
Center for Integrative Psychiatry
JUNE 12, 2025
Bipolar disorder is a lifelong mental health condition characterized by intense mood shifts, from manic highs to depressive lows. Factors such as overall health, lifestyle, social support, and co-occurring medical conditions play a major role in how aging and bipolar disorder interact. The answer is not straightforward.
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Mad in America
APRIL 17, 2025
For trauma survivors, these visions often spill into waking life as flashbacks, blurring the line between sleep and waking reality. What if these unsettling mental imageries aren’t glitches in our mental software? Amental health crisissteeped in cultural amnesia. These examples arent quirky accidents.
Mad in America
MAY 22, 2025
Many doctors gradually realize how our health care system does not bring people to health but keeps many in a cycle of chronic disease. In the state of Wisconsin where I live it is very difficult to get off a mental health commitment. He had nothing to do during the day and ended up sleeping a lot. Across the St.
Center for Integrative Psychiatry
JUNE 16, 2025
Unresolved trauma or stress : Like with many mental health conditions, co-occurring trauma or chronic stress can exacerbate mood instability and emotional reactivity. Triggers : Environmental stressors, sleep disturbances, substance use, or even relationship dynamics can trigger irritability and anger. It can appear during both.
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
MAY 9, 2024
The topic of mental health is on the public’s mind, whether it’s the popularizing of therapy speak, the increased attention paid to severe mental illness and homelessness, or pop psychology advice on TikTok. This scenario in public psychiatry settings is, unfortunately, a familiar one.
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