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A Relationship Imbalance, Not A Chemical Imbalance

Mad in America

Psychiatry, along with the pharmaceutical industry, have been ostensibly busy looking for causes of mental distress but, unfortunately, they are looking in the wrong place. A dynamic family systems movement developed and spread around the world, with powerful innovators creating new models of family therapy.

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

Mad in America

It is a reflection of deep systemic issuessocial pressure, medical hierarchy, lack of education around mental healththat collectively push people into silent suffering and pharmaceutical dependence. It is time to ask not only how many people are receiving medication, but why so few are being offered real alternatives.