Mad in America

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

In recent years, there has been a growing awareness surrounding the adverse long-term effects of antidepressants, particularly concerning treatment-emergent sexual dysfunction (TESD). To be included in the present research, service users had to be commercially insured, aged 18-64 years, and have a diagnosis of Major Depressive Disorder.

Aging and mental health 142

Aging and mental health Pharmaceuticals Healthcare Insurance 142

Real Psychiatry

JUNE 3, 2025

As someone who did this work for 22 years that is a bizarre standard designed primarily save the insurance company money and they were very good at that. Instead of being harassed by an outside reviewer the harassment became internal for patients covered by public insurance. Well, I understand you believe that!

Hospitality 110

Hospitality Self-awareness Insurance Education 110

Mad in America

MAY 2, 2024

This is a crucial time of transition for psychiatry, and current developments are occurring beneath the public’s awareness. They also tend to rely at times on scientifically invalid tests due to lack of adequate research funding, and treatment remains inaccessible due to lack of coverage from insurance.

Trauma and the brain 121

Trauma and the brain Neurotransmitters and mental health Genetics and mental health Biopsychosocial model 121

Zencare

JUNE 9, 2025

People hear something they can relate to, and they self-diagnose and/or treat themselves based on the worst case. Mental health professionals are required to follow the law, which includes HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, a federal law that protects the privacy and the security of medical information.

Genetics and mental health 94

Genetics and mental health Sleep and mental health Self-awareness Education 94

Lightwork

JANUARY 30, 2025

This type of therapy is different from traditional talk therapy because it lets you explore your inner self through creative expression. This multi-modal approach can unlock deeper levels of healing and self-discovery that traditional therapy alone might not access. It provides them with a safe space for self-discovery and healing.

Art therapy 52

Art therapy Resilience and coping Aging and mental health Sleep and mental health 52

Mad in America

JULY 8, 2025

The impact of trauma is that it drives us away from having the unifying principle of Self that can lead our parts with the wisdom of all our experiences to heal and work together in a healthy existence. In effect our Self, along with the Self-energy of the therapist, comes out and helps us understand it.

Trauma and the brain 74

Trauma and the brain Self-awareness Neurotransmitters and mental health Insurance 74

Mad in America

MAY 13, 2025

This simple view has turned complex human experiences into basic disease categories boiling down the rich world of human awareness to a list of disorders that need fixing with chemicals. It puts hope, self-determination, and belonging ahead of just following treatment plans.

Trauma and the brain 103

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

Mad in America

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Was it related to medical insurance or government programs? Once that happens, health insurance companies say okay, if it’s a disease in the brain, why should we pay for talk therapy? James Moore: Mary has sent in some questions and her first is, in the past, there were other tools used to at least try to help folks in crisis.

Pharmaceuticals 145

Pharmaceuticals Aging and mental health Hospitality Biopsychosocial model 145

Mad in America

JANUARY 6, 2024

One advantage of BetterHelp is that because the service does not bill insurance, there is no need for clinicians to provide a diagnosis and target therapy to fit the “medical necessity” requirements imposed by third-party payers. He didn’t do much to develop evidence that that the thought was irrational, an important part of traditional CBT.

Aging and mental health 144

Aging and mental health Insurance Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Self-awareness 144

Mad in America

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

In Australia, the economic cost has been particularly damaging to the life insurance industry who often pick up the cost of income protection for workers who have been diagnosed with a mental disorder. A focus on depression in Australia corresponded with similar campaigns in the US and the UK in the 1980s and 1990s.

Aging and mental health 140

Aging and mental health Insurance Pharmaceuticals Mental health policy 140

Mad in America

OCTOBER 22, 2024

The parallel society] began in spontaneous acts of mutual self-defense in different parts of society. Its different elements often exhibit tremendous growth and vitality in their isolation, but they appear to have little awareness of each other. For the same reason, it remains painfully fragmented and siloed.

Trauma and the brain 130

Trauma and the brain Legal Self-awareness Technology 130

Mad in America

MARCH 2, 2024

In 2009-2010, things did not go well for me due to a combination of extreme insomnia, a seriously diminished self-image, setbacks in all kinds of areas and the partial loss of my social safety net. Anniek: I had cleared six months of time to make sure I had time for optimal self-care. Over the years, the diagnoses all fell away.

Sleep and mental health 143

Sleep and mental health Self-awareness Neurotransmitters and mental health Resilience and coping 143

Mad in America

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The rest is mostly funded through private health insurance that people are paying for. Will they give up that power, that domain, that authority, that sense of self? More aware of a need for humility. The problem is how do you finance a form of care where you’re not making a profit from it? That’s really tough.

Biopsychosocial model 141

Biopsychosocial model Pharmaceuticals Self-awareness Insurance 141

Mad in America

AUGUST 28, 2024

Even at 17, I had enough awareness to recognize that something was seriously wrong with that experience, that there was something fundamentally flawed in the way we treat people. Russell: At this point, many people are aware that trauma is a major factor that can lead to psychosis.

Trauma and the brain 129

Trauma and the brain Mind-body connection Education Nonprofits 129

Mad in America

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

To be a doctor aiming to practice the art of healing is almost impossible today due to the power of big pharma and insurance companies. Our Spirit is also referred to as our “Witness”, “Charioteer”, or “Higher Self”. These three soul forces define being human. Though, naturally, we can feel a victim. Read biographies!

Trauma and the brain 121

Trauma and the brain Self-awareness Aging and mental health Sleep and mental health 121

Mad in America

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Our goal became fostering and advocating for new models that could eventually gain enough traction to be accepted by insurance companies and provide a viable alternative to the DSM and ICD. It gives us a way to evaluate success and failure, a structure for self-esteem. Were still working to advance alternative frameworks.

Genetics and mental health 140

Genetics and mental health Aging and mental health Trauma and the brain Mental health advocacy 140

Real Psychiatry

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Her rational is that if you see a loved one die because an insurance company denied care it is natural to want to see that person dead and this is not advocating homicide. I have been aware of United Healthcare for at least 30 years. It is a justice fantasy. I am tired of writing about it for physicians.

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Insurance Manufacturing Hospitality 52

Mad in America

OCTOBER 6, 2023

I started self-harming, just to feel my skin and keep the emotional pain at bay. At age 15, I was sent to a psychiatrist when I was unable to stay awake for more than a couple of hours, or eat proper food for several days, and my self-harming with sharp objects and cigarettes got too visible and out of control.

Aging and mental health 134

Aging and mental health Trauma and the brain Self-awareness Anxiety disorders 134