Mad in America

JANUARY 12, 2024

I hadn’t had a chance to put a bra on yet that day, as I had gone to sleep under the impression that my mother was going to defend me. I was experiencing my first manic episode, brought on by a traumatic event. I reacted to my emotions with the weight of stress on my chest. I confided in my mother, who seemed to believe me at first.

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Sleep and mental health Trauma and the brain Hospitality Aging and mental health 116

Department of Psychiatry News

JUNE 19, 2025

A new Optically Pumped Magnetometers (OPM-MEG) brain scanner has been installed at the Oxford Centre for Human Brain Activity (OHBA), based at the Department of Psychiatry. By measuring tiny magnetic fields generated by the activity of neurons in the brain the OPM-MEG scanner reveals which areas are active during specific tasks.

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Genetics and mental health Trauma and the brain Aging and mental health Technology 52

Department of Psychiatry News

JUNE 12, 2025

© Shutterstock Generously contributed by Daria and Dmitri Bukhman of Bukhman Philanthropies, the gift will bolster Oxford’s pioneering research and help expand mindfulness-based cognitive therapy – an evidence-based approach that helps people recover from depression, enjoy mental health and flourish. .

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Genetics and mental health Aging and mental health Trauma and the brain Sleep and mental health 98

Mad in America

OCTOBER 21, 2023

Thomas Insel, director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) from 2002-2015, acknowledged in 2011, “Whatever we’ve been doing for five de­cades, it ain’t working. adults now takes an antidepressant”; however, Time continued, “Mental health is getting worse by multiple metrics.

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Technology Genetics and mental health Pharmaceuticals Sleep and mental health 144

Mad in America

MARCH 30, 2024

I knew in October of 2018 that Matt was in trouble during a phone call, when he told me in a cheerful voice that he had been to the ER for “mental health reasons” but was “fine.” Thankfully, from my work as a music college professor, I understood the connection between music and the brain. The ER physician had given him Prozac.

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Sleep and mental health Bipolar disorder Trauma and the brain Aging and mental health 130

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.

Trauma and the brain 145

Trauma and the brain Hospitality Pharmaceuticals Sleep and mental health 145

Department of Psychiatry News

JUNE 24, 2025

Professor Cathy Creswell , from Oxford’s Department of Experimental Psychology and lead for the NIHR ARC OxTV’s mental health across the life course theme, recently visited Chile to establish the project. In February 2023, it was recommended for use in the NHS by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).

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Genetics and mental health Trauma and the brain Aging and mental health Sleep and mental health 52

Mad in America

DECEMBER 30, 2023

Universal DBT in Schools Increases Anxiety, Depression, Family Conflict In October, Peter Simons wrote about research asking if dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) can actually make kids’ mental health worse. Mental Disorder Has Roots in Trauma and Inequality, Not Biology Allan M.

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Dialectical Behavior Therapy Trauma and the brain Childhood trauma Sleep and mental health 145

Mad in America

JUNE 28, 2024

A few months ago, I attended a live Zoom event on Guidely with Dr. Gabor Maté, author of The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness & Healing in a Toxic Culture. He was talking about being abandoned for a month at the age of one because his mother was protecting his life during the Nazi occupation of Hungary. Is that even possible?

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Trauma and the brain Aging and mental health Genetics and mental health Autism spectrum 136

Mad in America

JULY 25, 2024

I had been sent to a psychiatrist at Manchester Royal Infirmary after my 2 nd violent mugging; I wasn’t eating or sleeping. I was now terrified to leave my home and so it had taken several panic attacks just to get to the hospital. My mental health went down fast this time. I was never given an official diagnosis.

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Resilience and coping Genetics and mental health Sleep and mental health Trauma and the brain 143

Mad in America

JUNE 13, 2025

Sometimes it’s accompanied by a friend across the world who knows I don’t sleep and stays in the chat just to keep me company. He’ll ask me if I got any sleep at all. In the last six hours, I’ve called a hospital four times. I used to call the hospital when he was a doctor. Sometimes it’s accompanied by books.

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Trauma and the brain Hospitality 72

Clear Behavioral Health

APRIL 2, 2025

Opioids are a class of drugs that interact with certain proteins in the brain called opioid receptors. When you consume an opioid drug, whether its a prescription painkiller or an illegal substance off the streets, the opioid enters the bloodstream and floods the brain with a sudden rush of dopamine. What is an Opioid Addiction ?

Sleep and mental health 52

Sleep and mental health Genetics and mental health Trauma and the brain Manufacturing 52

Mad in America

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Our brain is not a computer, and our heart is not a pump, though the materialistic world view is pretty good at convincing us to believe we are devoid of Spirit, the divine creative part of us which is never wounded and if not eclipsed by legal or illegal substances, is able to always make a choice. People don’t feel heard or seen.

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Trauma and the brain Self-awareness Sleep and mental health Legal 122

Mad in America

JUNE 29, 2024

The theme of the conference was public mental health. Elites of the global mental health movement such as Vikram Patel were also present and so were eminent Indian psychiatrists, especially from public sector teaching hospitals. This is known as the Movement for Global Mental Health.

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Global mental health Poverty and mental health Sleep and mental health Trauma and the brain 130

Mad in America

MAY 9, 2025

The woods swallowed the headlights that swept the trees, burning a negative image on the mens brains. W hen Polly left home, she wore a straitjacket over a light cotton housedress of pale yellow scattered with wildflowers. My mother wore that dress when she disappeared from my life for the first time shortly after my second birthday.

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Hospitality Sleep and mental health Trauma and the brain Manufacturing 76