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Managing Nonconformity: Lessons from Quality

Mad in America

T he way psychiatry treats those who deviate from the norm is akin to the outdated and unhelpful way that industry used to understand the assembly linesomething that manufacturing started moving away from by the mid-20 th century. Psychiatry, in its treatment of nonconforming human behavior, often mirrors the outdated manufacturing mindset.

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It’s You, It’s Not Me: Treatment Resistant Depression and the Psychiatric Breakup

Mad in America

Either you must admit that you’re on honest person, weather pending, or you have to be flexible with social constructs like “sick” or “honest.” But the person prescribing them (or manufacturing them) has a different problem to solve: explaining why I should still trust them to guide me to wellness. I’ll mention two.

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The Iatrogenic Gaze: How We Forgot That Psychiatry Could Be Harmful

Mad in America

This move “transformed pharmaceutical outfits into companies who market drugs rather than companies who manufacture drugs for the market.” Foucault believed this concept is faulty because it ignores its cultural background—namely, the construction of an institutionalized education system. “If

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The Demon Haunted World – A Survivalist Counterfactual

Real Psychiatry

A poorly constructed fire can lead to a smoke signal for people to see for miles. Much has been made about manufacturing in the US and there is an active debate. Four days of starvation is enough to make most people desperate and at that point they cannot be trusted. The first video discussed the importance of smoke.