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Mad in America: Rethinking Mental Health

Mad in America
Mental Health
Antidepressants
Psychiatry
Psychosis
Social Justice
Psychology
Neoliberalism
Depression
Polypharmacy
Psychotherapy
Mental Health Care
Youth Mental Health
Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal
Radical Acceptance
Mental Health System
Single Session Interventions
Withdrawal Symptoms
Education
Anxiety
Informed Consent

Welcome to the Mad in America podcast, a weekly discussion that searches for the truth about psychiatric prescription drugs and mental health care worldwide. Hosted by James Moore, this podcast is part of Mad in America's mission to serve as a catalyst for rethinking psychiatric care. We believe that the current drug-based paradigm of care has failed our society and that scientific research, as we... more

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How does a wounded world wound us in return? Can we be mindful and offer intimate attention to pain and trauma? We answer these and other questions with Will Adams who is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychology at Duquesne Un... more

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In this episode of the Mad in America podcast, Brooke Siem speaks with Selma Eikelenboom, a forensic scientist and medical examiner whose career has spanned psychotherapy, medicine, emergency care, surgery, and forensic investigation.

Eikelenboom w... more

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Alicia Martin is an Australian community pharmacist, a member of the Not Broken Project and founder of TaperMate. Through her work in pharmacy, Alicia saw patients struggling with unusual and severe symptoms when they tried to stop their antidepressa... more

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Gail Hornstein is Professor Emerita of Psychology at Mount Holyoke College. Across a long and influential career, her work has moved between psychology, psychoanalysis, history, qualitative research, and the study of first-person accounts of madness.... more

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Recent Guests

Selma Eikelenboom
Forensic scientist focused on pharmacogenomics and violence
Independent Forensic Services, Santa Fe, NM
Episode: Psychiatric Drugs and Violence: What Can Genetics Tell Us? A Conversation With Selma Eikelenboom
Alicia Martin
Australian community pharmacist, Not Broken Project member, founder of TaperMate
TaperMate
Episode: When Stopping Prescription Drugs Isn't Simple: Alicia Martin and the TaperMate Story
Dr. Gail Hornstein
Professor Emerita of Psychology, Mount Holyoke College; author and researcher focused on first-person narratives of madness
Mount Holyoke College
Episode: First-Person Knowledge and the Meanings of Madness: An Interview with Gail Hornstein
Merrick Daniel Pilling
Associate professor and interim co-director of the School of Disability Studies at Toronto Metropolitan University
Toronto Metropolitan University
Episode: Mad Studies Is More Than Lived Experience: An Interview with Merrick Daniel Pilling
Dinesh Bhugra
Emeritus Professor of Mental Health and Cultural Diversity at King's College London; former president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists and the World Psychiatric Association
King's College London; Royal College of Psychiatrists; World Psychiatric Association
Episode: The West Doesn't Have All the Answers: An Interview with Dinesh Bhugra
Marianne Apostolides
Award-winning author and journalist focused on psychiatry and neuroscience
Author of Go No Go
Episode: Go/No Go - How Mental Health Research Took a Wrong Turn: An Interview with Marianne Apostolides
Howard Schubiner
Physician, author of Unlearn Your Pain
Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
Episode: Unlearn Your Pain: Harnessing the Power of Neuroplasticity – A Conversation With Howard Schubiner
Khameer Kidia
Physician and anthropologist; author of The Empire of Madness
Harvard Medical School; University of Zimbabwe
Episode: The Empire of Madness: Why Psychiatry Must Rethink Human Suffering - An Interview with Khameer Kidia
Chelsea McVeigh
Individual who experienced antidepressant withdrawal during pregnancy and subsequent recovery journey
Episode: A Mother's Journey Through Psychiatric Drug Harm and Healing

Hosts

Aayurthi Dharr
Host of the spotlight interview segment
James Moore
Host of the Mad in America podcast
Brooke Seam
Co-host and primary presenter across episodes

Reviews

4.7 out of 5 stars from 366 ratings
  • Valuable podcast

    Incredibly thought- provoking and helpful. Thank you!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Shnobue14
    Canada2 months ago
  • Rethinking Mental Health

    Very enlightening conversation. I’ve found compliance model and lack of humility by PHD’s infuriating! Thank you!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    NappyDresser
    United States7 months ago
  • Lack of actual experience is obvious

    Please leave Pleasantville and come spend some time in inpatient psych units across Appalachia, then tell me how we should give less antipsychotics and present a more calming presence instead. Don't fret about the time off you'll need, you'll be singing a different tune in a week or less.

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    2
    RainbowBright79
    United States9 months ago
  • Life-Giving.

    Life-Changing….this organization’s work has been to me. This podcast makes it even more accessible for my disability. Thank you 🙏for doing work that matters, and for seeking (and succeeding) to do it well.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    TemptingTheMuse
    United Statesa year ago
  • very valuable podcast

    I have texted many episodes to people whose families are told the same “no cure, lifelong medication story” that many doctors follow. This podcast gives alternative views and perspectives and solutions that have helped people I know recover. The focus is on recovery not treatment. Thanks for these podcasts !

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Sat88&&
    United Statesa year ago

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Some listeners feel the conversations can be challenging or anxiety-provoking but ultimately valuable.
Thoughtful, courageously critiques the status quo in psychiatry.
Offers empowering, survivor-informed perspectives that many find hopeful.

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Psychiatric Drugs and Violence: What Can Genetics Tell Us? A Conversation With Selma Eikelenboom
Q: How can it happen that psychiatric drugs could cause psychosis?
The guest explains that there is no single known mechanism; toxicity or imbalance due to poor metabolism can lead to altered brain function and potentially psychotic-like states, but the translation from drug levels to behavior is not fully understood.
First-Person Knowledge and the Meanings of Madness: An Interview with Gail Hornstein
Q: What is Frieda Fromm-Reichmann's connection to your work and how does her approach relate to first-person accounts?
Fromm-Reichmann's flexible, relational psychoanalytic method, rooted in a deep engagement with patients' lived experiences, serves as a bridge between first-person narratives and therapeutic practice, illustrating both the strengths and limits of psychoanalytic frameworks when addressing psychosis.
First-Person Knowledge and the Meanings of Madness: An Interview with Gail Hornstein
Q: How did you become involved in a psychology that pays attention to subjective experience?
Hornstein describes a curiosity sparked by personal loss and by studying memoirs that documented experiences others found inexplicable, leading her to Clark University and a broadened, phenomenological approach that valued subjective experience alongside traditional psychology.
The West Doesn't Have All the Answers: An Interview with Dinesh Bhugra
Q: Could you define Psychiatrization of Society and give an example of how normal experiences get medicalized?
Psychiatrization refers to turning normal human experiences into mental illnesses or diagnoses, which can lead to over-medicalization and misallocation of attention away from more serious conditions. An example is labeling ordinary stress or grief as PTSD or depression, thereby medicalizing everyday life.
The West Doesn't Have All the Answers: An Interview with Dinesh Bhugra
Q: What is a public mental health approach, and what kind of advice and solutions does it offer when problems are systemic?
A public mental health approach requires engaging with communities, acknowledging cultural contexts, and building locally available supports. It includes strategies like community mobilization, social prescribing, and collaboration with local organizations to reduce loneliness and isolation, rather than defaulting to clinical interventions alone.

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The show consistently explores mental health care through critical, human-centered lenses, often challenging the over-reliance on medication and highlighting social, cultural, and political determinants of distress. Across episodes, guests range from clinicians and researchers to authors and people with lived experience, uncovering gaps in conventional care, ethics in research, and alternative care models. Listeners can expect nuanced debates about neurobiology versus narrative approaches, patient advocacy, and practical pathways for reform and recovery that center autonomy, dignity, and community support. A notable strength is the blend of scholarly critique with personal storytelling, offering both rigor and empathy for listeners who seek... more

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2. Alicia Martin
3. Dr. Gail Hornstein
4. Merrick Daniel Pilling
5. Dinesh Bhugra
6. Marianne Apostolides
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