Comments for Mad In America

In reply to Silvia Price. Good information, but it clearly suggests that "schizophrenia" ...

https://www.madinamerica.com/2024/01/psychiatric-yeti-schizophrenia-genetic/#comment-279894

There is a hell of a lot of data that suggests WE, a people do know! Critical Activists and MAD Scientists are already working together! Though to embrace the Whole, then the context of the inqui...

https://www.madinamerica.com/2024/05/who-do-we-leave-behind-when-we-ignore-the-body/#comment-279885

I am so happy to read this article in a bittersweet sort of way. If concepts described in this paper had been included in the care that both of my daughters received, Catherine would still be ali...

https://www.madinamerica.com/2024/05/who-do-we-leave-behind-when-we-ignore-the-body/#comment-279881

Ireland is a place where dissent has never been tolerated and where since the foundation of the Irish state, the great and the good aka nice middle class people with jobs like doctors, lawyers an...

https://www.madinamerica.com/2024/04/irish-open-dialogue/#comment-279879

This podcast is about context. But Kleinman didn't say much of anything about the fact that psychiatrists are trained in a medical context, that the DSM is written by psychiatrists, that medical ...

https://www.madinamerica.com/2024/04/context-and-care-vs-isolate-and-control-an-interview-on-the-dilemmas-of-global-mental-heath-with-arthur-kleinman/#comment-279875

"Psychiatrists have been turned into prescribers of medication. That is the role that the healthcare system forces them into. Healthcare insurers would much rather pay social workers to do psycho...

https://www.madinamerica.com/2024/04/context-and-care-vs-isolate-and-control-an-interview-on-the-dilemmas-of-global-mental-heath-with-arthur-kleinman/#comment-279865

In reply to Crystal Nelson. Yes, it's a thought crime straight out of George Orwell's 1984 book. An...

https://www.madinamerica.com/2024/02/madness-inpatient-psychiatry/#comment-279861

Psychiatry destroy lives and they never take accountability for their actions.

https://www.madinamerica.com/2024/04/the-death-of-joey-marino/#comment-279858

In reply to Peter Simons. Peter, Muntjewerff meta-analysis implicated the MTHFR C677T pol...

https://www.madinamerica.com/2024/01/psychiatric-yeti-schizophrenia-genetic/#comment-279842

Hi Will, I want to deeply thank you for writing this and sharing your experience. I went through something similar and fought to understand why the healthcare system was just so…violent. I stru...

https://www.madinamerica.com/2023/10/recovery-of-soul-after-22-years-on-antipsychotics/#comment-279832

"the ruling dogmas of clinical psychology, usually referred to loosely as 'cognitive behaviourism', embody an, in my view, extraordinarily simplistic collection of ideas about how people come to ...

https://www.madinamerica.com/2024/05/cbt-patients-want-understanding-not-homework/#comment-279823

I suggest we ask the "Christians" at Catholic "Charities" and those responsible for forcing this on an unwilling adult intelligent enough to know better than to accept barbaric torture of electro...

https://www.madinamerica.com/2024/05/shield-alert-stop-david-russell-from-being-force-electroshocked/#comment-279821

You’re a fantastic writer. A focus on gainful employment is essential for your survival, which matters more than anything else. But, KEEP WRITING!!!

https://www.madinamerica.com/2024/04/learn-love-write-mental-health-journey/#comment-279818

"We have at least eight studies that show that if you compare first-year and fourth-year medical students' interviewing skills, in paying attention to the person and the social context, first-yea...

https://www.madinamerica.com/2024/04/context-and-care-vs-isolate-and-control-an-interview-on-the-dilemmas-of-global-mental-heath-with-arthur-kleinman/#comment-279815

Psychiatry's irresponsible prescribing practices are responsible for what happened to Joey Marino.

https://www.madinamerica.com/2024/04/the-death-of-joey-marino/#comment-279808

In reply to Birdsong. Correction: Try imagining what it's like to have your whole body be tense as your...

https://www.madinamerica.com/2024/04/the-death-of-joey-marino/#comment-279805

In reply to Birdsong. Tardive dyskinesia doesn't just cause parts of your body to twitch now and then; ...

https://www.madinamerica.com/2024/04/the-death-of-joey-marino/#comment-279801

Joey was an amazing and precious soul. He fought so hard, yet always had time for his friends in his suffering. Bless you Joey. You are missed. Thank you for sharing your story of our medication ...

https://www.madinamerica.com/2024/04/the-death-of-joey-marino/#comment-279794

In reply to Birdsong. Try imagining what it's like to CONSTANTLY feel as though you've swallowed at a l...

https://www.madinamerica.com/2024/04/the-death-of-joey-marino/#comment-279790

Dear Birdsong, It seems obvious that there have been a number of misunderstandings here, and I must apologize for not having made myself more clear. 1. There may be no greater fan of Lao Tzu's ou...

https://www.madinamerica.com/2024/03/undisclosed-financial-conflicts-of-interest-dsm-lisa-cosgrove-brian-piper/#comment-279787