Mad in America
Robert Whitaker, Karin Jervert, Peter SimonsMad in America is a media forum for rethinking psychiatry. On Substack, we publish blogs by Robert Whitaker and Mad in America editors.
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Mad in Norway International Film Festival Film Review: Doll Days
Synopsis
In a small and slow village in Norway, it has become a well-known theme that more and more men struggle to talk openly about how they feel and their every-day struggles, and the statistics on depression among men is painful to rea...
To Test the Keto Diet, We Need Single-Arm Studies Rather than RCTs
In a Substack post on May 16, I argued that RCTs—considered the gold standard in research—were pushing the future of the keto diet, as a therapy for psychiatric disorders, down an unfortunate path. To date, the RCTs are testing the keto die...
Mad in Norway International Film Festival Film Review: Dory Previn – On My Way to Where
Short synopsis from the films website
“Writing and singing the unvarnished truth about one’s buried secret life experiences is more common today than when Dory Previn wrote brilliant, disturbing, and darkly funny songs in the1970s. Previn...
Yet Another Claim About the Benefits of Antidepressants Bites The Dust
Ever since the FDA issued a black box warning in 2004 that antidepressants increased the risk of suicidal behavior in children and adolescents, there has been the frequent publication of articles, in both psychiatry and public health journa...
Mad in Norway International Film Festival Film Review: Drunk On Too Much Life
Short synopsis from the Drunk On Too Much Life webside
In a world gone crazy, a young woman discovers that her madness is a fierce and powerful gift that makes her more fully human. Drunk on Too Much Life is an intimate and powerful docume...
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The writers behind this newsletter.
Robert Whitaker is the publisher of the Mad in America webzine, and the author of two books about the history of psychiatry, Mad in America and Anatomy of an Epidemic, and the coauthor of Psychiatry Under the Influence.
Artist, poet & psychiatric survivor exploring the power of art to transform our lives.
Mad in America Editor/Science Writer. Peter comes from a background in the humanities. Before earning a graduate degree in psychology, he studied English, philosophy, and art.
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