Mad in America
AUGUST 8, 2024
T his may be a strange thing to consider, but your therapist is, first and foremost, a regular person. No matter how many degrees, years of training, or fancy certificates, they are still human. With this, unfortunately, comes the reality that flaws will abound. Sometimes, in worst case scenarios, your therapist may even be abusive. School doesn’t teach therapists how to, well, handle their s$@#.
Love & Life Toolbox
AUGUST 9, 2024
Middle age, often defined as the years between 40 and 65, is a time of significant transition for many women. It’s a period marked by physical, emotional, and social changes, which can ripple through all aspects of life, particularly emotional health and relationships. I am a middle-aged women (funny that it is still hard to say that aloud), and I can fully attest to the surge of introspection, questions about priorities, life direction, who I choose to give my time to and preoccupation wi
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Child Mind Intitute
AUGUST 7, 2024
Janine Domingues of the Child Mind Institute sits down with the Washington Post to discuss how time spent outdoors helps improve children’s cognition and stress levels. The post The Washington Post: How time in nature builds happier, healthier and more social children appeared first on Child Mind Institute.
Doctors In Distress Blog
AUGUST 5, 2024
I get off the phone with L and breathe a sigh of relief. At least thats done. Now I need a GP appointment. I call and get an emergency on the day telephone consultation. At this point I am desperate for an empathetic voice on the other side of the phone. Surely, they have gone through similar times, or surely, theyve seen other doctors go through similar times.
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Mad in America
AUGUST 6, 2024
A new study published in the Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal explores the ethics around antipsychotic dose reduction and discontinuation. According to the authors, providing a path for service users to reduce or discontinue antipsychotic drugs aligns with the four core biomedical ethical principles of autonomy, justice, nonmaleficence, and beneficence.
Sane Blog
AUGUST 5, 2024
Homelessness can happen to anyone, and for dean, it was a journey that tested his resilience and strength.
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The Anxiety Guy
AUGUST 5, 2024
In today’s episode of the anxiety guy podcast we dive into the relentless orders of our frantic self and go beyond subconscious anxiety. A powerful episode to provide clarity and inspiration towards your true anxiety recovery. Enjoy! Episode Overview on Going Beyond Subconscious Anxiety and the Frantic Self: In this transformative episode of The Anxiety Guy Podcast , host Dennis Simsek delves deep into the journey of transcending the frantic selfa concept that refers to the part of us that
Mad in America
AUGUST 8, 2024
There’s got to be an algorithm to determine the precise number of physicians you need to visit before you become little more than a heap of diagnoses imprisoned in manilla envelopes stacked to the ceiling. Steven T. Licardi, LCSW is an Autistic / neurodivergent social worker, science fiction writer, spoken word poet, artist, and performance activist working at the intersections of art and social policy.
Judy Tsafrir, MD Blog
AUGUST 3, 2024
This week one of my patients told me about a nutrient-dense food I had never heard of, Icelandic Cod Liver. Recently there has been a controversy in the news about the advisability of taking fish oil supplements and that previous health claims about their benefits had been exaggerated. A July 2024 Harvard newsletter featured a… The post Whole Cod Liver: A Super Food Flying Under the Radar first appeared on Judy Tsafrir, M.D.
Child Mind Intitute
AUGUST 6, 2024
Processing pipelines introduce an overlooked but critical opportunity to move towards generalizable results in brain research: Nature Human Behaviour paper New York, NY The Child Mind Institute has released a paper detailing their pioneering study in the journal Nature Human Behaviour titled, “ Moving Beyond Processing and Analysis-Related Variation in Resting State Functional Brain Imaging.” The research identifies significant challenges in the reproducibility and standardization o
Potomac Psychiatry
AUGUST 9, 2024
In my practice at Potomac Psychiatry, Ive observed a growing number of patients experiencing significant mental health issues that seem to arise from seemingly unrelated physical health problems. Specifically, elevations in antibodies to viruses such as Epstein Barr Virus (EBV), Herpes Simplex Viruses (HSV), Mycoplasma pneumoniae, and Streptococcus, as well as mental health disturbances following antibiotic use, are surprisingly common.
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. T his is the fourth and final part of our blog series on neurodiversity.
Child Mind Intitute
AUGUST 6, 2024
Watch the Recording Watch the Child Mind Institutes Yuki Kotani, MBA, interview Amy Green, PhD, the director of research at Hopelab. They talk about how including youth in research on tech and mental health can improve access to care by making digital care solutions fit the needs of more diverse populations. This conversation is part of our webinar series on Technology and Youth Mental Health , which asks how tech can improve mental health outcomes for all young people.
Mad in America
AUGUST 7, 2024
C arl Elliott is a distinguished professor at the University of Minnesota with joint appointments in the Department of Philosophy and the School of Journalism and Mass Communications. An influential voice in bioethics, Elliott is known for his critical examination of the medical and pharmaceutical industries. His latest book, The Occasional Human Sacrifice: Medical Experimentation and the Price of Saying No , describes the harrowing experiences of whistleblowers who expose corruption and malprac
Mad in America
AUGUST 9, 2024
T en years ago, I took Lexapro (escitalopram) 20 mg, for one year and four months. At first, I felt very good, my anxiety suddenly disappeared. I had never had problems with depression before taking the medication, only anxiety. Months went by and I started to feel like a robot without feelings, but my sexuality was not greatly affected. Only a slight decrease in libido which usually happens to many people when they take this type of drug.
Mad in America
AUGUST 3, 2024
T he harm caused by the medical profession is called iatrogenesis , and in 1975, Ivan Illich (1926-2002) published Medical Nemesis (republished titled Limits to Medicine ) in which he discussed the clinical, social, and cultural iatrogenesis of modern medicine. Illich was a philosopher and social critic of monopolistic institutions and bureaucracies in Western society that undermine self-sufficiency, community, freedom, and dignity.
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