Mad in America

MAY 17, 2025

However, mental disorders are not concrete things that can be found with a brain scanner or treated with medication like a bacterial infection with antibiotics. Much has already been written about these points, for example in my book on mental health and substance use (open access).

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Mad in America

JULY 17, 2025

Books such as The Myth of Mental Illness by Thomas Szasz and The Death of Psychiatry by E. Fuller Torrey argued that the very concept of mental illness was meaningless. Other somatic interventions for mental illness, such as lobotomy and insulin coma, were as discredited as bloodletting. A bad metaphor. An excuse.

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Mad in America

MAY 12, 2025

It was written by David Hansen, a crisis worker at a person-centred, survivor-led mental health crisis service. I have tasked myself with mapping out my understanding of how therapy and mental health relate to politics. Mental health is also political. Is therapy political? Is therapy political?

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Mad in America

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

His most recent book is Madness: A Philosophical Exploration , published by Oxford University Press in 2022. I’m delighted to get to chat with you about your work and your latest book. So why do we call schizophrenia a mental disorder, but not believing in conspiracy theories? James Moore: Justin, welcome.

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Mad in America

APRIL 24, 2024

As a Professor of Medical Anthropology at Harvard University’s Department of Global Health and Social Medicine and a Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, Kleinman has profoundly influenced how medical professionals understand the interplay between culture, illness, and healing. Listen to the audio of the interview here.

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Lawyers with Depression

DECEMBER 3, 2023

She is the author of six books on the treatment of anxiety and depression published by W.W. An international trainer of mental health professionals, Dr. Sadness is a response to a specific situation in which we usually have some kind of loss. The first part is genetics. Its a genetic predisposition towards depression.

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