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The Fallacy of Modern Psychiatry: Treating Symptoms, Ignoring Causes

Mad in America

From the safety of ones surroundings to access to proper nutrition, sleep, and social stability, the circumstances of life have a lasting biochemical effect on the brain. Theyre more likely to develop heart and lung diseases, cancers, and other health issues. Psychiatry, rather than challenging these constructs, reinforces them.

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Don’t Call Me a Therapist

Mad in America

I just think that it is your expression of a misunderstood, imprecise and outdated definition of what mental health work entails. If you struggle mentally, it does not mean that you are ill. It is psychiatry’s view of what mental problems are and how they arise which in itself is pathological. The author, Erik Rudi.

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Is the Teaching of Psychology Liberal or Conservative? Yes! (But Mostly It’s Neither)

Association for Psychological Science (APS)

Nor is our reporting on mental health disorders and their treatment, how nature and nurture weave the human fabric, or how language develops. Does observing sleep stages promote progressive views? Is analyzing the effects of stress on health a leftist agenda? Is sleuthing how the brain makes the mind values-laden?

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How Do Psychiatry Residents Learn Psychopharmacology?

Psychiatric Times

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The Power of Journaling: What Science Says About the Benefits for Mental Health and Well-Being

Child Mind Intitute

But did you know that this simple practice of putting pen to paper has decades of scientific backing as a tool for mental health and personal growth? Heres why mental health professionals recommend journaling and what research tells us about its benefits. Emotional and physical health benefits of expressive writing.

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The “Madness” of Inpatient Psychiatry

Mad in America

According to psychiatrists, the suicidal person is suffering from a sickness of the mind: their “mental illness” is making them a threat to themselves! Pesky “mental illness.” The usefulness of this construct is almost never questioned by the mainstream, taken as fact because “experts” deem it so.

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Assessing Community Mental Health Programs in India: Insights from Task-Shifting in Kerala

Mad in America

It was written by the MISA news team to provide insight into community mental health initiatives in India. A 2020 study published in Medical Anthropology investigates the realities of community mental health initiatives like task-shifting in India. Kerala is uniquely positioned in the Indian mental health system.