Mad in America

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

T he way psychiatry treats those who deviate from the norm is akin to the outdated and unhelpful way that industry used to understand the assembly linesomething that manufacturing started moving away from by the mid-20 th century. Good product was shipped. At the time, it was common for management to blame the operators. Or the machines.

Manufacturing 74

Manufacturing Trauma and the brain Construction 74

Mad in America

DECEMBER 30, 2023

New Study Finds Connection Between Childhood Trauma and Psychosis In December, Ashley Bobak wrote about a new study which sheds new light on the profound impact of childhood trauma in the development of psychotic symptoms, particularly in treatment-resistant cases of schizophrenia.

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Dialectical Behavior Therapy Trauma and the brain Childhood trauma Sleep and mental health 144

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

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.

Neurotransmitters and mental health 139

Neurotransmitters and mental health Trauma and the brain Manufacturing Pharmaceuticals 139

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).

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Aging and mental health Trauma and the brain Manufacturing Hospitality 125

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.

Hospitality 71

Hospitality Sleep and mental health Trauma and the brain Manufacturing 71