Mad in America
JANUARY 11, 2024
T ony and Sherita’s story is epic — so long, complex, and fraught with difficulties that rendering it succinctly in a single story is all but impossible. Tony, who lives in Virginia near his mother, lost his speech and eye contact at a very early age, when he received an autism diagnosis. By the time he was 11 years old, his neurologist gave him an extremely poor lifelong prognosis.
Dr. Deb
JANUARY 11, 2024
One of my favorite things when writing children's books is when my wonderful and talented illustrator, Kyra Teis , takes my notes and creates the characters and illustrations for the picture book. It's so exciting to see my ideas come to life, and to have the beginning artwork take shape. My next book will focus on jealousy in children in late 2024.
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World Psychiatric Association (WPA)
JANUARY 11, 2024
We are pleased to announce that the Q4 2023 edition of the WPA Review has now been published! Similar to previous releases, all WPA members will receive the eNewsletter via email, featuring concise reports submitted by our esteemed members worldwide. Additionally, you can access this edition (as well as past editions) of the eNewsletter here. The WPA Review - Q4 2023 includes a wide range of reports, highlighting the latest developments and events since our previous edition.
Mental Health America Blog
JANUARY 9, 2024
Mental health resources for global concerns MHA Admin Tue, 01/09/2024 - 11:59 Background Color blue Find resources for global conflict
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AI is transforming clinical trials—accelerating drug discovery, optimizing patient recruitment, and improving data analysis. But its impact goes far beyond research. As AI-driven innovation reshapes the clinical trial process, it’s also influencing broader healthcare trends, from personalized medicine to patient outcomes. Join this new webinar featuring Simran Kaur for an insightful discussion on what all of this means for the future of healthcare!
Mad in America
JANUARY 6, 2024
Below are excerpts from a talk given by Dina Tyler — a psych survivor, family counselor, and cofounder of Bay Area Hearing Voices, among others — at UCSF Grand Rounds last month. “I was and still would be non-compliant. I’ve spent my life creating compassionate alternatives to the traditional mental health system because my hospitalization was really bad.
Mad in America
JANUARY 12, 2024
I was 17 years old; a week away from turning 18. I was experiencing my first manic episode, brought on by a traumatic event. I reacted to my emotions with the weight of stress on my chest. I was assaulted, by someone who was supposed to love and protect me. I confided in my mother, who seemed to believe me at first. This was a case of textbook narcissism, as my attacker placed all of the blame on me, and meticulously manipulated my mother.
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Mad in America
JANUARY 11, 2024
From the BMJ: Lisa Cosgrove and colleagues report that 60% of the panel and task-force members of the DSM-5-TR received payments from industry. Collectively, the 55 members that had ties to industry received $14.2 million. The post Financial Conflicts of Interest Persist in DSM-5-TR Panel Members appeared first on Mad In America.
Mad in America
JANUARY 11, 2024
From Resiliency Mental Health : “On January 1, 2024, Florida enacted a new law, and I hate it. The so-called ‘ Special Persons Registry ‘ gives Florida police the right to make lists of residents based on their disability status, including those with formal diagnoses of Downs Syndrome, dementia, autism, and others. Supposedly this will ‘improve relations’ between these individuals and police.
Mad in America
JANUARY 6, 2024
“G et help, you deserve to be happy!” Ads for the for-profit therapy company BetterHelp are everywhere: on television, public radio, podcasts, social media, and in magazines. It’s not surprising for a company that reportedly spent over $100 million on advertising in 2023, making it the country’s projected leading sponsor of podcasts. The messages are appealing, boasting more than 30,000 therapists available by text, phone, chat, or video at an affordable price.
Mad in America
JANUARY 10, 2024
Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on our affiliate site, Mad in Finland. In it, a mental health worker and former long-term patient describes the aspects of treatment and life experiences that helped with recovery, as well as which aspects hindered recovery. I have spent several years of my life in various psychiatric institutions and have come to be seen as a chronic patient whose chances of recovery have not been considered very high.
Mad in America
JANUARY 8, 2024
Editor’s Note: Over the next several months, Mad in America is publishing a serialized version of Les Ruthven’s book, Much of U.S. Healthcare is Broken: How to Fix It. In this blog, he addresses the lack of evidence for antidepressants being better than placebo, as well as a note about ECT. Each Monday, a new section of the book is published, and all chapters are archived here.
Mad in America
JANUARY 9, 2024
T here is a core concept shaping the ‘market’ in health, the concept of an assay, that few doctors or patients understand. Even fewer spot the role assays play. This article explains what assays are, how they entered healthcare and the consequences of failing to grasp the role they play. Before Thalidomide By 1950, we were starting to get the first new drugs that worked well.
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