What Actually Helps Older Adults Quit Benzos?
Despite clear risks, benzos and z-drugs remain widely prescribed to the elderly. New research explores what helps—and what doesn’t—when trying to stop.| Mad In America
Despite clear risks, benzos and z-drugs remain widely prescribed to the elderly. New research explores what helps—and what doesn’t—when trying to stop.| Mad In America
The idea that human value can be reduced to economic contribution is not merely reductive—it is deeply dangerous.| Mad In America
Accounts of deinstitutionalization fail to describe recovery, peer support, or what it was actually like to be in the state hospitals.| Mad In America
These programs, though marketed as "therapeutic," are nothing more than profit-driven enterprises that exploit families at their most desperate.| Mad In America
It is very difficult to get off a mental health commitment. The counties fight tooth and nail to keep people in the system.| Mad In America
From CNN: "If you search “Adderall” on Spotify’s podcast page, you’ll find health podcasts about ADHD, shows about addiction recovery and comedy podcasts| Mad In America
Ayurdhi Dhar interviews influential cultural psychiatrist Laurence Kirmayer on how metaphors, histories, and social structures contour our experiences of suffering and healing.| Mad In America
Families are not merely a source of comfort and support but also a breeding ground for dysfunction, unhealed trauma, and emotional neglect.| Mad In America
from KCRG.org: On Friday, a federal court gave its approval of a settlement agreement in a lawsuit against the Iowa Department of Health and Human| Mad In America
Every time I agreed to 'treatment’, I was told that it was necessary to save my life. I was sold a bunch of lies.| Mad In America
Persistent antidepressant withdrawal is a debilitating experience, but little research exists about its prevalence and treatment.| Mad In America
Mad in Portugal's readers can find blogs, book reviews, and first-person testimonials from voices less present in mainstream narratives.| Mad In America
The focus on diseased brains and genes threatens to obscure the significance of social and environmental influences.| Mad In America
I know that being “out” at work could help challenge stereotypes and reduce stigma but I hide. I have that luxury.| Mad In America
Our citizens would be far better off if we removed all the psychotropic drugs from the market, as doctors are unable to handle them.| Mad In America
Although the medical care Cary received was excellent, no one mentioned “trauma” or counseled us on how it might manifest emotionally.| Mad In America
In my case, writing was the beginning of healing. It pulled me out of the abyss and gave me structure, voice, and purpose.| Mad In America
