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Mad in America is a media forum for rethinking psychiatry. On Substack, we publish blogs by Robert Whitaker and Mad in America editors.

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Indexed issues, last 90 days
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Sep 16, 2026
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Latest issues

  1. Issue · Sep 16, 2026

    Less than a Week Until the Mad in Norway Film Festival! (opens the original)

    Excerpt · Positive tone

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  2. Issue · Sep 11, 2026

    Mad in Norway International Film Festival Film Review: 10 Days In a Madhouse (opens the original)

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  3. Issue · Sep 9, 2026

    More Evidence That Anti-Amyloid Alzheimer’s Drugs Are a Bust (opens the original)

    Excerpt · Critical tone

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    Alzheimer’s disease is a terrible burden. Having to see your loved ones suffer cognitive decline is among the worst things I can imagine. And so I, like everyone else, would be incredibly happy to see a treatment that could stop this disease in its tracks.But the only thing worse than watching your loved ones lose their abilities is feeling that they are being taken advantage of at their most vulnerable. Coming to understand that the drug industry, with the approval of the FDA, has succeeded in

  4. Issue · Sep 4, 2026

    Mad in Norway International Film Festival Film Review: A Drop of Sunshine (opens the original)

    Excerpt · Positive tone

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  5. Issue · Aug 29, 2026

    The STAR*D Scandal Rolls On (opens the original)

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