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Robert Whitaker Answers Reader Questions on Mad in America, the Biopsychosocial Model, and Psychiatric History

Mad in America

You sent some great questions and on this and our next podcast, we will be talking with Bob about Mad in America, the biopsychosocial model, the history of psychiatry, pharmaceutical marketing, and issues with psychiatric treatments including psychiatric drugs and electroconvulsive therapy. Moore: This question is from Lynn.

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The Anatomy of Anxiety: An Interview With Ellen Vora

Mad in America

This isn’t an anxiety to pathologize or suppress, nor is it something we can avoid by just eating gluten-free food or avoiding caffeine. Our hormones, our gut health, micronutrient deficiencies, the degree to which we have inflammatory molecules coursing through our bloodstream—there’s an enormous influence from food.

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It’s Health’s Illusions I Recall, I Really Don’t Know Health at All

Mad in America

FDA approves Food and Drugs—on the basis of assays. Running Assays in people diagnosed as depressed, however, was a problem. Academics even boast that EBM shackles the pharmaceutical industry. For many the natural answer to these problems is more regulation. What’s an Assay? Convert cases of Valium into cases of Prozac?

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Faith Healing in India: An Ancient Way of Tending to Madness

Mad in America

Over time, she began to interpret more of her problems as “possession.” They then help others with their problems. These often include sleep deprivation, eating bitter food, hard physical labor, and sometimes even physical restraint. Siddiqui refers to this phenomenon as the “shuffling symptom.”

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The Fallacy of Modern Psychiatry: Treating Symptoms, Ignoring Causes

Mad in America

and of course a host of pharmaceutical drugs. Likewise, when we sever people from the natural rhythms and connections to their natural environment, we risk causing problems that remain beyond our understanding. Human beings evolved to live in harmony with nature, solving tangible problems like finding food, shelter, and community.

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“All Real Living Is Meeting”: Brent Robbins on Love, Death, and the Possibilities of Psychology

Mad in America

Thats not a leap people often makefrom philosophical psychology to critiques of the pharmaceutical industry and medicalization. She was deeply involved in critical psychiatry and critiques of the pharmaceutical industry. Together, we drafted an open letter laying out the problems with the DSM-5. Its just taken for granted.

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SUCCESS’ 2025 Women of Influence

Success

They are tackling complex challenges, solving real-world problems and, in the process, creating jobs and driving innovation. Her philanthropic spirit is evident in her active involvement with local charitable organizations, notably the Northshore Food Bank. But their success is not just about businessits also about purpose.