The American Hikikomori
The American Hikikomori Michael Orion Powell [Jennifer L. Reimer's thoughts on the topic, posthumously, appear in italicized brackets] Welcome to my first post with Practice of Madness. Jen was kind...
Why Am I So Bored?
That is the question. Today, it is 30º Celsius (around 90-something Fahrenheit) and I have the wonderful chance to spend this August long weekend in Canada (Monday is “BC day”,...
The Trauma of Being a Teenage Girl (and some bad adolescent poetry)
A recent tweet from Psychiatry Research (@psychresearch) led me to an article on the staggeringly high rate of depression among teenage girls when compared with that of teenage boys. Not...
“Anorexic at Eight” and More on Body-Image
Whoever thought I would be sharing a link from ABC News. I’m grossing myself out – but this grosses me out even more, and having posted my first piece on...
Documentary: America’s Medicated Kids
Notice: In the top menu bar I have inserted a link to the Louis Theroux documentary, “America’s Medicated Children”. The brand new and important doc will remain in the top...
Password to Google Adsense also Changed – hey ex, Alarryyk, STOP TRYING TO RUIN MY LIFE!!!!
Holy mothereffer for the love of Goddess! How many passwords did you have to change on me, trying to ruin the very modest earnings I make from my site, very...
A Call for a More Radical Neuroethics: The Case of Pediatric Bipolar Disorder
A Call for a More Radical Neuroethics: The Case of Pediatric Bipolar Disorder The simultaneous occurrence of interest in academia – with the publishing of several new journals devoted to...
Neuroethics Blog
I have mentioned the topic of “neuroethics” briefly, which takes a critical approach to brain-scanning technology such as the fMRI, and the claims that it can do everything from diagnose...
Worse than “conduct disorder camp”…
The Mental Disability Rights International’s latest report, “Torture Not Treatment”, shows children in “long-term” restraints, among other graphic images of the disgusting human rights violations going on in “hospitals” and...
Conduct Disorder Camp?
I have a confession to make…I’m an “ER” aficionado. Even though I can’t stand the way “mental illness” is portrayed in the series. How many times do we hear one...
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