Mad in America

APRIL 8, 2025

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 was revealed in the book Mad in America by Robert Whitaker.

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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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Mad in America

DECEMBER 30, 2023

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. times more likely to have experienced adverse childhood events than healthy individuals.

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Mad in America

JUNE 3, 2025

Yet we too rarely discuss the harm that psychiatric treatment does to a persons self-concept and self-narrative. One of the purported positive effects of psychiatric diagnoses is the relief a person may feel when an expert tells them how and why they suffer. And this is sometimes true, at least in the short run.

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