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Mad in America
JUNE 4, 2025
My mom, who I consider the heroine in my life, was someone who was state- hospitalized multiple times during her life. She went on to raise four kids by herself, got a graduate degree in philosophy, taught for many years in the local community college, and became a nationally published poet. Folks weren’t happy about that.
Mad in America
JULY 26, 2025
Taken together, these decisions funnel public dollars away from community support and rights protection, and accelerate the drumbeat towards reinstitutionalization. The megabill will result in the poorest Americans losing access to healthcare and food assistance, beginning in December 2026.
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Center for Integrative Psychiatry
MARCH 14, 2025
Types of Bipolar Disorder Bipolar I Disorder Severe manic episodes that may require hospitalization, often accompanied by depressive episodes. Participate in Local or Online Events Join virtual conferences, awareness walks, or community discussions hosted by mental health organizations during Bipolar Awareness Month.
Mad in America
JULY 17, 2024
My first job after college was on a community mental health treatment team, where we worked with people diagnosed with serious mental illness who had been long-term street homeless. Broadly, it was driven by well-documented abuse and neglect in asylums, spiraling hospital costs, and an overly optimistic faith in new medications.
Mad in America
MAY 4, 2024
Yet, in many of America’s underfunded and under-resourced community-based systems, it is often impossible for people to access care until and unless they are in a crisis. The bill noted in its preamble that only three states in the nation still lacked the authority to institute court-ordered mental healthcare.
Mad in America
AUGUST 3, 2024
Iatrogenesis is social when medicine as an institution and a bureaucracy creates ill-health by increasing stress; by subverting autonomy and community support; and by depoliticizing sources of illness. For Illich, the iatrogenesis of modern medicine is clinical when harm to individuals results specifically from medical treatment.
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