Mad in America

MARCH 27, 2025

6 weeks where no one has suggested I be hospitalized. I was hospitalized after a taxing and stressful month. In that hellish month a lot happened: I became aware of my childhood trauma; I learned to love myself; I made huge insights about myself and the world around me; I began to realize my world was upside down.

Trauma and the brain 94

Trauma and the brain Childhood trauma Hospitality 94

Mad in America

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

I haven’t had a psychiatric hospitalization in 15 years. I was trying to recover from a mild traumatic brain injury. I was having nightmares and flashbacks from childhood trauma that I had successfully hidden in the recesses of my mind until that time. I raised all three of my children as a single mother.

Childhood trauma 141

Childhood trauma Trauma and the brain Hospitality 141

Mad in America

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

P sychiatry’s serotonin-imbalance theory of depression, long discarded by researchers, was finally flushed down the toilet by psychiatry and the mainstream media in 2022. And psychiatrists’ primary treatments for depression—their so-called “antidepressants”—are now circling the drain. 2) What approach to depression makes sense? Genes and depression?

Poverty and mental health 145

Poverty and mental health Childhood trauma Neurotransmitters and mental health Trauma and the brain 145

Mad in America

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

She talks about understanding the place of her own childhood trauma and also the limitations of simplistic trauma narratives. She talks about understanding the place of her own childhood trauma and also the limitations of simplistic trauma narratives. Listen to the audio of the interview here.

Trauma and the brain 124

Trauma and the brain Poverty and mental health Psychedelic therapy Mental health advocacy 124

Mad in America

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

A new review published in CNS Drugs analyzes the current available treatment guidelines for monitoring the potential negative side effects of clozapine. Shockingly, based on their inclusion criteria, the authors only found one existing guideline.

Trauma and the brain 117

Trauma and the brain Childhood trauma Education Hospitality 117

Mad in America

APRIL 28, 2025

Jo: Hi Cathy, thanks for joining me to talk about your new book Unshackled Mind: A Doctors Story of Trauma, Liberation and Healing. But within a year of publication, I was back in hospital, relapsed apparently. Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on our affiliate site, Mad in the UK. I thought I had recovered.

Trauma and the brain 82

Trauma and the brain Childhood trauma Self-awareness Hospitality 82

Mad in America

JUNE 13, 2024

By the time we got to our clinical studies and spent most of our time rotating around the various specialities in the local hospitals, we were well used to being subjected to belittling treatment at the hands of our superiors. The prospect of spending time in the large institution, Springfield Psychiatric Hospital in Tooting, was scary.

Trauma and the brain 145

Trauma and the brain Hospitality Pharmaceuticals Sleep and mental health 145