Mad in America

MAY 27, 2025

W hen a close family member compared the collaged moon boards I was using to process a difficult time in my life to that meme of the man frantically mapping red strings on the wall, I didnt laugh. I had just told them I was on the edge of autistic burnout. That I was struggling with emotional flooding. Old friends disappeared. Family stepped back.

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Trauma and the brain Self-awareness Art therapy Construction 80

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

MAY 21, 2025

Kirmayers scholarship on narrative, metaphor, and cultural psychiatry aligns with ongoing efforts by Indigenous psychologists and anthropologists to reframe trauma and healing through culturally grounded practices, as reflected in recent collaborative work calling for a decolonial turn in psychology.

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Trauma and the brain Poverty and mental health Aging and mental health Resilience and coping 128

Mad in America

AUGUST 5, 2024

Editor’s Note: Mad in the UK and Mad in America are jointly publishing this four-part series on neurodiversity. The series was edited by Mad in the UK editors, and authored by John Cromby and Lucy Johnstone (with part three written by an anonymous contributor). The series is being archived here.

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Trauma and the brain Genetics and mental health Self-awareness Personality disorders 144

Mad in America

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

I said, “On paper everything’s great, but I’m struggling with this existential feeling of being 38, single, childless, increasingly aware of mortality.” She’s the author of The Anatomy of Anxiety and takes a functional medicine approach to mental health. She considers the whole person and addresses imbalance at the root.

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Genetics and mental health Trauma and the brain Sleep and mental health Nutrition and mood 110

Mad in America

MARCH 6, 2025

T his historical record of Oregons first state hospital, the Oregon State Insane Asylum, from its opening in 1883 until the mid-1950s, will focus on the experiences of patients there. This is in contrast with the typical chronological history of who served as superintendent, for how long, the date new buildings were opened and other such changes.

Hospitality 89

Hospitality Trauma and the brain Aging and mental health Self-awareness 89

Association for Psychological Science (APS)

MARCH 20, 2025

Awareness of structural and social threats to success can lead students from underrepresented identities to question whether they will fully belong at a given institution, which jeopardizes their psychological well-being and academic performance. Blanchard, Jason F. Smith, Melanie E. Bennett, et al.

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Resilience and coping Genetics and mental health Sleep and mental health Trauma and the brain 59