Mad in America

MAY 17, 2025

However, mental disorders are not concrete things that can be found with a brain scanner or treated with medication like a bacterial infection with antibiotics. Much has already been written about these points, for example in my book on mental health and substance use (open access).

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Genetics and mental health Poverty and mental health Trauma and the brain Autism spectrum 118

Mad in America

MAY 13, 2025

I n the clean hallways of today’s mental health centers, a quiet change is taking shape. You won’t see big protests or new laws, but more people are starting to see that the main way we treat mental healthfocusing on chemical imbalances and managing medshasn’t helped many folks who need real healing.

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Trauma and the brain Poverty and mental health Childhood trauma Self-awareness 103

Mad in America

JANUARY 8, 2025

B ecky Brasfield has emerged as a formidable advocate for change in the complex landscape of mental health care.A She has been a fellow with both the IL Care and HSRI Behavioral Health Policy programs and was appointed Commissioner of the Southeast Expanded Mental Health Services Program.

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Poverty and mental health Trauma and the brain Global mental health Hospitality 132

Mad in America

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Pure portrayed Rose’s autobiographical account of finding that she had OCD, a “mental illness”, and the breakthrough that this medical framework provided her. In this interview, Cartwright charts her journey of painful and lonely disillusionment with the “mental illness” framework. Listen to the audio of the interview here.

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Trauma and the brain Poverty and mental health Psychedelic therapy Mental health advocacy 123

Mad in America

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

M any people are traumatised rather than healed by their interaction with mainstream mental health services, especially their admission to a psychiatric inpatient unit. Concurrently, many mental health professionals carry a burden of their own trauma and are not healthy individuals. What do we mean by healing?

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Hospitality Trauma and the brain Poverty and mental health Construction 91

Mad in America

MAY 21, 2025

His critiques extend to how psychiatric categories reflect colonial histories and obscure social causes , as well as how attempts to localize mental health interventions may still impose Western norms. L aurence Kirmayer is one of the most influential figures in cultural psychiatry today.

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Trauma and the brain Poverty and mental health Aging and mental health Resilience and coping 127

Mad in America

DECEMBER 3, 2024

What if smoking isn’t just about addiction or comfort, but about something deeper—something rooted in how trauma reshapes the brain? Research into Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) has uncovered startling connections between trauma and long-term health behaviors. Trauma seems to have a way of impacting brain function.

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Trauma and the brain Poverty and mental health Childhood trauma 113