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Behind the Smiles: Mental Health in South Korea’s High-Pressure Society

Mad in America

As a Doctor of Korean Medicine who helps patients taper off long-term psychotropic medication, I see the cracks in the system every daypatients who were placed on antidepressants, sleeping pills, or antipsychotics decades ago and never given a clear path to recovery. Psychiatric institutions are increasing rapidly across the country.

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Dreaming with Purpose: How the Mind’s Hidden GPS Can Guide Us Toward Personal and Societal Healing

Mad in America

For trauma survivors, these visions often spill into waking life as flashbacks, blurring the line between sleep and waking reality. For trauma survivors, these visions often spill into waking life as flashbacks, blurring the line between sleep and waking reality. These examples arent quirky accidents.

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How Do Psychiatry Residents Learn Psychopharmacology?

Psychiatric Times

Author(s): Joseph F. Goldberg, MD , Stephen M. Stahl, MD, PhD, DSc (Hon) Now more than ever, capturing and scaling the ingredients that make for compelling and impactful teaching for trainees is vital to our future. andrey_orlov/AdobeStock CLINICAL REFLECTIONS Medical education has traversed an evolving path over the past few decades.

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Healing from Within: Trauma Therapy for Women Who’ve Been Told They’re ‘Too Sensitive’

Lightwork

Healing from Within: Trauma Therapy for Women Who’ve Been Told They’re ‘Too Sensitive’ Have you ever been told that you’re “too sensitive”? The combination of trauma and sensitivity presents unique challenges.

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“I Thought I Sucked at Life. But I Was High-Masking Autism All Along.”

ADDitude

Every social event left me exhausted by anxious rumination. I had to sleep alone to avoid the distressing sounds of someone else’s breathing. I already had diagnoses of ADHD and complex trauma , but I still had many questions. I thought I sucked at life. I had friends, prospects, blonde highlights. On the inside, I felt broken.

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How to Stop Overthinking: A Guide for Women Who Worry Too Much

Lightwork

Understanding Overthinking Overthinking affects many women, causing them to constantly think about “what-if” scenarios and get stuck in endless mental loops that seem impossible to break free from. From disrupted sleep patterns to decreased productivity, the effects ripple through every aspect of your daily experience.

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New OPM-MEG brain scanner installed at the Oxford Centre for Human Brain Activity (OHBA)

Department of Psychiatry News

Accept all cookies Reject all non-essential cookies Find out more Accessibility Cookies Contact us IT Support Knowledge Base Log in About News Events Our research Study with us Work with us Our team 60 seconds with. It also records data millisecond-by-millisecond, meaning it can track neural oscillation (or ‘brain waves’) in real time.