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  • Medicalização Infantil: O Perigo dos Diagnósticos Apressados
    by Jéssica Marques on July 10, 2025 at 2:24 pm

    Nos últimos anos, houve um aumento significativo no número de diagnósticos de transtornos mentais na infância, especialmente o Transtorno do Déficit de Atenção e Hiperatividade (TDAH). Embora seja essencial reconhecer que muitas crianças precisam de suporte por meio de um tratamento, a rapidez com que esses diagnósticos são feitos vem chamando atenção, por trazer consequências

  • Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse in South Asia: Impact and Interventions for Trauma Recovery
    by Neha Jain on July 10, 2025 at 7:56 am

    Childhood Sexual Abuse (CSA) can have persistent effects which could continue into the adult lives of survivors. Given its repetitive nature, CSA is classified as a form of complex trauma. It puts the adult survivors at risk of developing Complex-Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (C-PTSD). South Asia has reported high rates of CSA cases. The region

  • El trauma siempre es político: una mirada comparada entre el TEPT y el TEPTc
    by Juliana Machado on July 9, 2025 at 5:04 pm

    Los desórdenes afectivos son formas de descontento capturadas, que es necesario exteriorizar y conducir en su causa real, el capital. (Fisher, 2009, pg. 82) Los estudios sobre el trauma son un campo de disputa político, donde no sólo se juega la capacidad de definir qué duele y qué no, sino la forma en que entendemos The post El trauma siempre es político: una mirada comparada entre el TEPT y el TEPTc appeared first on Mad in Mexico.

  • Mental health debate in Ireland is reinforcing old clichés to allow forced treatment
    by Janos Fiala-Butora on July 9, 2025 at 10:30 am

    The current discussion on the reform of the Mental Health Act in Ireland is quite disappointing. Not because of its outcome (although that most certainly will add to this feeling), but because it reinforces some of the old clichés which I thought we would be able to leave behind with the ratification of the UN The post Mental health debate in Ireland is reinforcing old clichés to allow forced treatment appeared first on Mad in Ireland.

  • ECT Proponents Deny Harms as the Tide Begins to Shift
    by Peter Simons on July 9, 2025 at 7:30 am

    Editor’s note: this report was first published by Mad in America on 7th July 2025 Recent guidance from the World Health Organization (WHO) and American Psychiatric Association (APA) has finally acknowledged the risks of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). These organizations focus on ensuring that patients receive informed consent, acknowledging the risks of long-term memory loss and other health concerns due The post ECT Proponents Deny Harms as the Tide Begins to Shift appeared first on Mad in the UK.