Mad in America

APRIL 8, 2025

Clinically speaking, early childhood trauma often leads to insecure attachment styles and maladaptive survival strategies. This was revealed in the book Mad in America by Robert Whitaker. P sychology, mental health, and recovery are often discussed in overly formal language, making the process of healing seem complex and intimidating.

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Mad in America

JULY 10, 2025

Laura’s book has since been reviewed in The New York Times , among other major publications, and she’s making her rounds on the podcast circuit accruing millions and millions of views. Laura is clear in her message: we’ve been told a story for decades: that mental illness is the result of a “chemical imbalance,” and “lifelong brain disorders.

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Mad in America

MAY 29, 2025

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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JUNE 12, 2025

Goldberg, MD , Stephen M. Stahl, MD, PhD, DSc (Hon) Now more than ever, capturing and scaling the ingredients that make for compelling and impactful teaching for trainees is vital to our future. andrey_orlov/AdobeStock CLINICAL REFLECTIONS Medical education has traversed an evolving path over the past few decades.

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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. 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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Mad in America

APRIL 16, 2025

Dr. Teralyn Sell is a distinguished expert in Psychology and Brain Health, holding a PhD in Psychology and an MS in Counseling Psychology. Teralyn Sell is a distinguished expert in Psychology and Brain Health, holding a PhD in Psychology and an MS in Counseling Psychology. The transcript below has been edited for length and clarity.

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Mad in America

AUGUST 5, 2024

We remind readers that we wholeheartedly respect and uphold people’s personal right to describe their difficulties and differences in any way they find helpful (although we argue that clinicians do have a duty to use concepts that are in conventional terms evidence-based). The series is being archived here.

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