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The Quiet Crisis in Mental Health: The Medicalization and Deskilling of Psychotherapy

Mad in America

This b t, however, dominates insurance reimbursement practices, requiring all mental health professionalseven those without medical degreesto use DSM diagnoses as a medical framework for both billing and treatment. They are often conveniently time-limited, making them more cost-effective for insurers.

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Successfully Prescribing MAOIs for Depression

Psychiatric Times

1 “Ms Wendy” is a 58-year-old, self-employed woman who presents for consultation for a long-standing unresponsive depressive illness. However, there is a lack of definitive cases of hypertensive reactions at these higher doses associated with the STS in both the preapproval studies and the postapproval literature. J Affect Disord.

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More on homelessness and violence as a public health problem.

Real Psychiatry

First off – a definitive solution. The definitive solution: Per my previous analysis this order conflates “crime and disorder” with homelessness, mental illness, and substance use. Apart from occasional mass protests – I am not aware of any consistent widespread disorder in American cities that needs to be addressed.

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Who Do We Leave Behind When We Ignore the Body? Why Critical Neuroscientists and Mad Activists Must Work Together

Mad in America

This is a crucial time of transition for psychiatry, and current developments are occurring beneath the public’s awareness. They also tend to rely at times on scientifically invalid tests due to lack of adequate research funding, and treatment remains inaccessible due to lack of coverage from insurance.

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Default Depression—How We Now Interpret Distress as Mental Illness

Mad in America

In Australia, the economic cost has been particularly damaging to the life insurance industry who often pick up the cost of income protection for workers who have been diagnosed with a mental disorder. Our understanding of key terms and definitions needs to be clear and consistent if our prevention efforts are to be effective.

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Multiplicity and Mad Studies: An Interview with Jazmine Russell

Mad in America

Even at 17, I had enough awareness to recognize that something was seriously wrong with that experience, that there was something fundamentally flawed in the way we treat people. Russell: At this point, many people are aware that trauma is a major factor that can lead to psychosis.

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“All Real Living Is Meeting”: Brent Robbins on Love, Death, and the Possibilities of Psychology

Mad in America

Our goal was that, by the time the DSM-5 was released, the headlines wouldnt call it the definitive manual of psychiatrythey would call it controversial. Our goal became fostering and advocating for new models that could eventually gain enough traction to be accepted by insurance companies and provide a viable alternative to the DSM and ICD.