Mad in America

APRIL 16, 2025

Dr. Teralyn Sell is a distinguished expert in Psychology and Brain Health, holding a PhD in Psychology and an MS in Counseling Psychology. Teralyn Sell is a distinguished expert in Psychology and Brain Health, holding a PhD in Psychology and an MS in Counseling Psychology. The transcript below has been edited for length and clarity.

Aging and mental health 89

Aging and mental health Trauma and the brain Sleep and mental health Education 89

Mad in America

MAY 28, 2025

When they stopped taking these pills, they found themselves blindsidedplunged into the horrors of a chemical brain injury that impacts the mind and body. Blood tests, an upper endoscopy, brain MRIs, and CT scansall failed to reveal the source of my mysterious symptoms. Recovery time is uncertain. I trusted my psychiatrist completely.

Trauma and the brain 120

Trauma and the brain Sleep and mental health Insurance Technology 120

Mad in America

OCTOBER 22, 2024

The real question is whether the “brighter future” is always so distant. When mundane events increasingly take on the character of the surreal or the apocalyptic, what does it mean to be normal or sane? I believe these kinds of questions will shape our understanding of the future of mental health. Yet these things are not acts of God.

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Trauma and the brain Legal Self-awareness Technology 131

Mad in America

AUGUST 28, 2024

Her work is deeply informed by her lived experiences surviving complex trauma, psychosis, and an autoimmune disease. Her work is deeply informed by her lived experiences surviving complex trauma, psychosis, and an autoimmune disease. This has led her to bridge critical neuroscience communities with the mad movement.

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Trauma and the brain Mind-body connection Education Nonprofits 130

Mad in America

JUNE 20, 2025

M y sobriety ended when I was fifteen years old. The first drug I ever took was Lexapro. I was an angry young man growing up, and Lexapro took my anger from me. My second drug was alcohol, years after Lexapro became part of my daily diet. To this day, I can remember staring at the cold can of Coors Light in disbelief at how good it made me feel.

Trauma and the brain 95

Trauma and the brain Insurance Legal Hospitality 95

Mad in America

JANUARY 22, 2024

Editor’s Note: Over the next several months, Mad in America is publishing a serialized version of Les Ruthven’s book, Much of U.S. Healthcare is Broken: How to Fix It. In this blog, he addresses increases in suicide and homicide caused by antidepressant drugs. Y ou bet it is! Elavil) efficacy and safety study treating child and teen depression.

Healthcare 131

Healthcare Trauma and the brain Insurance 131

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. Psychiatric medications serve to suppress and disempower individuals from claiming and digesting their own traumas and global sufferings. Is it not our responsibility to look deeper and ask, “Why?”

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

Mad in America

JANUARY 16, 2024

Mental health care is under the control of powerful entities: the profession of psychiatry, drug companies, NIMH, primary care doctors, and insurance companies. S ince the onset of the pandemic, misery and mental disorder have increased, raising considerable concern about mental health. That has not happened.

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Genetics and mental health Trauma and the brain Anxiety disorders Construction 145

Mad in America

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

As a freelance journalist, syndicated columnist, and former television correspondent, her reporting and commentary have been featured in newspapers, magazines, and TV news outlets across the country. The transcript below has been edited for length and clarity. The transcript below has been edited for length and clarity. I appreciate your time.

Trauma and the brain 138

Trauma and the brain Legal Hospitality Education 138

Mad in America

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Robbins is one of those rare thinkers who makes psychology feel alivenot just a collection of theories and data, but a field full of urgent, deeply human questions. Hes a professor of psychology and the director of the Psy.D. He earned his Ph.D. He earned his Ph.D. On a personal note, Brent has played a foundational role in my own journey.

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

Mad in America

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

A bill raised in the Connecticut legislature, H.B. 6837 , would change state law concerning shock therapy (ECT or electroconvulsive therapy). It would extend the duration of probate court orders authorizing ECT without a patients informed consent, from the current maximum of 45 days to 90 days. Anwar , Rep. Anwar , Rep. Dubey, 2023).

Aging and mental health 118

Aging and mental health Trauma and the brain Hospitality Manufacturing 118

Mad in America

OCTOBER 6, 2023

I tried to open up to the psychiatrist, but he decided that I had a chemical imbalance in my brain and told me the only treatment was medication. I tried to open up to the psychiatrist, but he decided that I had a chemical imbalance in my brain and told me the only treatment was medication. She was worried I was being promiscuous.

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