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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. Ive also been one of them. This is a sharp increase from 63.8%

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Is Public Psychiatry Responding to the Mental Health Crisis or Just “Treating the Chart?”

Mad in America

The topic of mental health is on the public’s mind, whether it’s the popularizing of therapy speak, the increased attention paid to severe mental illness and homelessness, or pop psychology advice on TikTok. This scenario in public psychiatry settings is, unfortunately, a familiar one.

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“There’s No Word for Depression in Zulu”: Inside South Africa’s Mental Health Crisis

Mad in America

R esearch has found South Africa consistently ranks in the bottom three performing countries in terms of global mental health. Photo by tuxone The Mental State of the World Report measures the mental health of internet users only, making it limited in the South African context where close to one-third of the population isnt online.

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Support for Women at LightWork Therapy: Empowering Mental Health

Lightwork

Introduction LightWork Therapy and Recovery, a leading mental health treatment center in Massachusetts, is at the forefront of providing support for women through specialized mental health treatment. These multifaceted challenges can greatly affect mental well-being, making specialized support for women crucial.

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Much of U.S. Healthcare Is Broken: How to Fix It (Chapter 1, Part 3)

Mad in America

In this blog, he addresses healthcare’s focus on back end treatment rather than front end treatment: treating the symptoms rather than the causes of the health condition. The patient is often in the best position to help and address their own health problems but patients need knowledge in order to help treat their health problem.

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When the Help Becomes Part of the Problem

Mad in America

I was asked for my ID, insurance, and other things that hospital staff typically ask of a patient. She ended the conversation by telling me that I could ask the staff for more sleeping medication if I needed it and that she’d see me the following day. Not a single wrinkle nor oil stain from lunch was in sight.

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How Many TMS Sessions Are Needed

Center for Integrative Psychiatry

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) is an innovative, non-invasive treatment option for mental health conditions such as depression, anxiety, and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). The number of sessions required depends on individual factors such as condition severity, treatment response, and personal health history.