Hospitality Pharmaceuticals Trauma and the brain 
Mad in America
MAY 3, 2025
Thus, establishment psychiatry is unthreatened by the idea that trauma and adverse childhood experiences are a cause of emotional suffering and behavioral disturbancesas long as these conditions are medicalized. F or the institutions comprising establishment psychiatry, self-preservation means maintaining legitimacy as a branch of medicine.
Mad in America
JULY 9, 2025
Because every mood-altering substance affects your brain — but somehow, these pills are magical! He is also an actor, host of the Truth Train podcast, and former travel show host who gained international recognition as the host of Dexpedition , which aired on MTV in over 30 countries. Listen to the audio of the interview here. Please help me.”
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Mad in America
APRIL 25, 2025
Together in a dorm room, a group of us dropped the mushrooms. Multicolored chewable candy masked the earthy aftertaste. Post-shrooming, we roamed along the trail by the campus creek. A thick blanket of snow obscured the land. The brisk air, coupled with a pressing need to pee, spurred my withdrawal from the group. I received a mission from beyond.
Mad in America
MARCH 15, 2025
Joanna Moncrieff, Chemically Imbalanced (2025) E stablishment psychiatry has recently switched the biological cause of mental illness from a chemical imbalance to a brain circuitry defect. Challenging the biological model of depression feels like a game of whack-a-mole: as soon as you put one theory to bed, another one sprouts up.
Mad in America
NOVEMBER 6, 2024
She talks about understanding the place of her own childhood trauma and also the limitations of simplistic trauma narratives. She talks about understanding the place of her own childhood trauma and also the limitations of simplistic trauma narratives. She is also a writer and producer on Netflix’s 3 Body Problem.
Mad in America
OCTOBER 21, 2023
In these interviews, I have talked about the components of the psychiatric-pharmaceutical-industrial complex, along with how psychiatry meets the political needs of the ruling class and dysfunctional families. In 2023, Time reported , “About one in eight U.S. As of late 2022, just 31% of U.S.
Mad in America
JUNE 13, 2024
By the time we got to our clinical studies and spent most of our time rotating around the various specialities in the local hospitals, we were well used to being subjected to belittling treatment at the hands of our superiors. The prospect of spending time in the large institution, Springfield Psychiatric Hospital in Tooting, was scary.
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