When someone seeks therapy, they are often already carrying more than they can comfortably manage. They may be distressed, ...
The demedicalization and depathologization of care and life are favored by the expansion of collective autonomy and care ...
In this piece, writer Bernabé De Vinsenci challenges the notion of contemporary normality as a legitimate attitude within an ...
Commonsense Rebellion: Bruce E. Levine, a practicing clinical psychologist often at odds with the mainstream of his profession, writes and speaks about how society, culture, politics and psychology ...
Three new studies examine the prevalence of therapy-related harm, the role of nocebo effects, and how clinicians frequently disagree about adverse effects while often viewing worsening symptoms as an ...
On January 24, 2023, Lindsay Clancy from Duxbury, Massachusetts took the lives of her three young children, Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and eight-month-old Callan, and was charged with three counts of ...
My descent into the cracks of the mental health system began after I was assaulted. I was referred for trauma intervention and diagnosed with CPTSD. In trauma therapy for the first time in my life, I ...
I remember he was a very tall man, yet he seemed so small to me at that moment. We were in the nurse’s office, which I couldn’t stand. I’ve never believed fluorescent lights to do anything to calm the ...
Sarah White, Chief Executive Officer of Jean Hailes for Women’s Health, is concerned by how many younger women at the organization’s health clinics come in attributing their symptoms to perimenopause, ...
From the MadFreedom Advocates website: On Wednesday, July 8, 2026, the Department of Mental Health terminated our grant, with no notice, with almost two months left in the contract. This grant funded ...
Depression Drug Approved by FDA Had 11 Failed Trials and an Advisory Committee Vote Against Approval
Editor’s Note: This piece originally appeared on the Mad in America Substack. Two positive studies out of 13 conducted. Rejected by the FDA four times. An FDA advisory committee vote against approval.
From Mad in Slovenia: Modern positive psychology offers an interesting answer: well-being is not something we achieve once and for all, but something we build every day. Dr. Tal Ben-Shahar developed ...
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