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How AI Risks Deepening Health Inequality AI is rapidly transforming healthcare, but a new study warns that without careful oversight, it could reinforce existing disparities in access, bias, and digital poverty. By Kevin Gallagher

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The Mad in America Podcast - 150 conversations on science, psychiatry and social justice. Subscribe free: Apple Podcasts ▶️ http://apple.co/2BennBQ Google Podcasts ▶️ http://bit.ly/2HE7JRv Spotify ▶️ http://spoti.fi/2Mnb0YD #Psychiatry #Psychology #Podcast #MentalHealthMatters

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#AI training is theft. Listen to the album now Is This What We Want? www.isthiswhatwewant.com open.spotify.com/album/1yUbRS...

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#AI training is theft. Listen to the album now Is This What We Want? www.isthiswhatwewant.com open.spotify.com/album/1yUbRS...

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Great interview connecting psychotherapy and social justice.

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“The biggest emotion in creation is the bridge to optimism.” Brian May

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Psychotherapy and Social Change Javier Rizo interviews Mick Cooper on the intersection of psychotherapy and social transformation, the pluralistic approach to counseling, and the role of psychology in building a more just society.

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Ukraine peace plan latest The new Private Eye is out now

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On the Mad in America podcast we discuss many issues but some of the most powerful interviews are the personal experiences of psychiatric drug withdrawal, here Dr. Mo Hannah talks about the impact this had on her family http://bit.ly/2FbwwbO

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On the Mad in America #podcast, we examine mental health with a critical eye by speaking with psychologists, psychiatrists, researchers, journalists and people with lived experience. Find us on your preferred podcast client: pod.link/1212789850 #psychology #mentalhealth

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#Caturday #WhatHasTrumpDoneNow

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"The UK is a nation of animal lovers and so its people need a national animal to love; it's been my privilege to fill that furry brief for 14 years and counting." #Larryversary

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I think this is one of the best podcasts I have ever listened to.

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What if psychology wasn’t just about diagnosing symptoms but about making sense of suffering? What if mental health care helped us meet life—its beauty, its uncertainty, its grief—more fully? Brent Robbins reflects on existential and humanistic #psychology.

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#Song of the Week: “We watched our son struggle with mental health issues and this song makes me cry but it’s also beautiful. It’s by the band The Big Infinite, whose members have each struggled with mental health problems so they write from the heart.” www.madinamerica.com/2025/02/ligh...

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#Poem of the week is ‘We’re Not Settling’ by Jeffrey Powell Red the full poem here… www.madinamerica.com/2025/02/were...

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Mad in America’s #Artist of the Week is Iluminada Santos with "Deep Blue”. See more artwork here: www.madinamerica.com/arts-corner-...

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Happy #NationalGuitarDay 🎸🤘

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With pharmaceutical companies pushing antipsychotics for off-label use, dementia patients are being put at risk for devastating health consequences. Research suggests safer alternatives exist—but why aren’t they being prioritized? By Richard Sears

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Happy #NationalGuitarDay 🎸🤘

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Exercise for Depression: Better Than Antidepressants With a number needed to treat (NNT) of 2, exercise looks much better than psychiatric drugs for depression. By Peter Simons

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We teamed up with @profaliceroberts.bsky.social to explore the humanist approach to life in a new animation for children. ‘Human nature, human potential’ is the latest resource from Understanding Humanism, our programme supporting humanism in schools across the country. humanists.uk/2025/02/10/h...

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Labelling children as 'abnormal' or 'disordered' helps services gatekeep resources but the benefit to children's health is questionable. We need a new approach that recognises needs through a strengths-based lens, takes a contextual approach & celebrates difference.

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“In this interview, we discuss the importance of mental health literacy and ask if the need for honest mental health experiences is being met from the recording studio rather than the consulting room.” #mentalhealth #podcast www.madinamerica.com/2023/07/ment...

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Excellent editorial in the #BMJ "We will not retract published articles on request by an author on the basis that they contain so-called banned words" Trump must never be allowed to censor science. www.bmj.com/content/388/...

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Robert Whitaker answers reader questions in this #podcast. “The World Health Organization has twice issued documents saying we need a radical change away from the disease model and towards a human rights model that recognizes social determinants of health." www.madinamerica.com/2023/12/robe...

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Delighted to be named Goodpods number 1 Psychology podcast this month. If you are interested in discussions that you wont find in the mainstream, come and join us. #psychology #podcast goodpods.com/leaderboard/...

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“In this interview, we discuss the importance of mental health literacy and ask if the need for honest mental health experiences is being met from the recording studio rather than the consulting room.” #mentalhealth #podcast www.madinamerica.com/2023/07/ment...

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“Medications are synthetic chemical compounds, they are coming out of a factory and have chemical effects. So even as a medical student I was looking at the lists of medications and thinking about the developing fetus and chemical exposure.” #podcast #pharma www.madinamerica.com/2023/02/chem...

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#Caturday #WhatHasTrumpDoneNow

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“During the twenty-five years I spent in the mental health system, not one clinician mentioned the word recovery." #podcast #mentalhealth www.madinamerica.com/2023/08/cure...

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Podcast listeners perceive hosts as authentic based on traits like relatability, spontaneity, and openness. These qualities create a sense of friendship and familiarity, leading listeners to feel they personally know their… #Podcasting #PodcastHosts #Authenticity #ParasocialRelationships #Friendship

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“Every minute you’re not looking at your phone, those companies are losing money because they don’t get the advertising and they get less information on you. Every minute you stare at your phone they make more money. Your distraction is their fuel.” #podcast www.madinamerica.com/2022/01/joha...

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Antidepressant Withdrawal Symptoms Linked to Life-Altering Consequences, New Study Shows A new study reveals that withdrawal symptoms from antidepressants can last years, disrupting lives and relationships. By Richard Sears https://www.madinamerica.com/2025/01/antidepressant-withdrawal-symptoms-…

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“I think there is a little bit more attention on stories like ours, which I feel is hopeful, but I also think that it’s a hard battle because the pharmaceutical industry and psychiatry definitely have a lot of money and power." #podcast #mentalhealth www.madinamerica.com/2023/04/tany...

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Howie settling down to watch Winter Watch 😻 #bbcwinterwatch #winterwatch

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Anders Sørensen – Tackling Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal Through Research and in Practice. #psychiatry #antidepressants #MadInAmerica www.madinamerica.com/2022/11/ande...

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In the 1990s, #pharma wanted everyone on #antidepressants, in the 2000s, they wanted everyone on #statins, now it’s anti-obesity drugs. The playbook stays the same, only the drug changes. They don’t care about public health, only about shareholders and profit. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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In the 1990s, #pharma wanted everyone on #antidepressants, in the 2000s, they wanted everyone on #statins, now it’s anti-obesity drugs. The playbook stays the same, only the drug changes. They don’t care about public health, only about shareholders and profit. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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‘Move closer to Europe – not Trump’ voters tell Starmer in major UK poll

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