This week, Mad in America examines three studies around mental health diagnosis, psychotropic drug use, obesity, and diabetes ...
There is such a thing as mental health, but it is not the same for everyone. It is a subjective good that depends on a person’s own standards.
My wife died ten months ago. In another two months, I will have a new mental disorder: “Prolonged Grief Disorder.” ...
Hundreds of mental health professionals left the Department of Veterans Affairs since President Donald Trump took office. “This ...
From CounterPunch by Bruce E Levine: "Until recently, the predominant life pains that I have long seen in my psychologist day job include: abusive and ...
Dr. Bhui challenges the myth of clinical neutrality, arguing that culture informs not only patients’ experiences of distress ...
Chatbots, with constant availability and user-centric conversation style, are widening the reach of “therapeutic culture.” ...
Big Tobacco drafted the plays that Big Tech is enacting today: manipulating public opinion by partnering with the medical field.
The Western mind fights for justice, while the Eastern soul accepts imperfection. Perhaps when we can hold both, we can ...
The conditions that create suicide are the same as those required for toxic leadership, toxic environments, and dysfunctional policies.
I fought mentally with myself and was afraid of the future. In the clinic I was diagnosed with moderate depression, whereupon I was given the medication a few days later.
From the Times Educational Supplement Magazine. "The autism spectrum has widened to the point of collapse, affecting how teachers should support autistic ...