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MAHA for Mental Health :brain:

ā€œToday we live in a society in which spurious realities are manufactured by the media, by governments, by big corporations, by religious groups, political groupsā€¦ So I ask, in my writing, What is real? Because unceasingly we are bombarded with pseudo-realities manufactured by very sophisticated people using very sophisticated electronic mechanisms. I do not distrust their motives; I distrust their power. They have a lot of it. And it is an astonishing power: that of creating whole universes, universes of the mind. I ought to know. I do the same thing.ā€
ā€• Philip K. Dick, in 1978

Authorā€™s Note

In the quote above, a group that isnā€™t mentioned becomes our duty to do so ā€”we must address the spurious realities within our Education system.

Academia and Institutions, where psychologists - and the like - learn their trade, and earn their credentials, are being radicalized by Idiocracy. Our shared reality is in jeopardy, because these schools have taught graduates to despise common-sense, then sends them into the world believing they are justified.

Any given mental-health-professional will have a varying level of expertise, training, and indoctrination. Therefore, patients may be walking into rooms to receive unethical and overtly-biased treatment. They will receive it, pay for it, and remain totally naive to what they are being subjected to, and the kind of manipulation to which they are suggestible.

Whatā€™s happening is: Politics has breached these sciences. Ideology-and-Incentive infused Mental Health Care is persisting in the Behavioral Sciences and Cognitive Disciplines, and becoming the orthodoxy, unless we establish new standards.

Practitioners must draw a line and resist this derangement from material reality, denounce all ideological virtue-signaling, scrutinize all subversive political rhetoric, and remain un-bought-off by special interests.

No ā€˜expertā€™ is exempt from our strictest critique as patients of doctors, no matter how many degrees they have or papers theyā€™ve published, or news broadcasts theyā€™ve appeared on. We must always be freely able to challenge this precedent, and #MAHA must help us be better equipped to do so.

MAHA for Mental Health reacts to this dilemma by providing a public vehicle for supporting new perspectives, developing critiques, and offering reforms that can restore power to the patient.

The future belongs to REALISTS. :rocket:

Foreword

Itā€™s time to Make American Sane Again. :us:

You probably donā€™t see the mental health crisis, until you do. This makes mental disorder an elusive, but pernicious disturbance in our civil society.

If you suffer from a mental disorder and have tried to get yourself help, you are likely to discover that navigating this industry often feels like being lost and defeated by a labyrinth. MAHA for Mental Health policies + research will directly target current inefficiencies, and then innovate to make this process easier, and more successful for the average person.

Robert Kennedy Jr. is pledging to end the chronic disease in America.

Donald Trump has been elected President, and has stated repeatedly that he is taking counsel from Kennedy, and has now nominated him to be our Secretary of Health and Human Services. We need him to get confirmed by the Senate!

We shouldnā€™t overlook a massive opportunity to address another major (and now with Trump as President-Elect, I suspect, rapidly-growing) crisis in our country: the failures of our Psychological Wellness.

Our sanity is being challenged by America-Last actors. But as long as we have our wits, and know our rationales wholeheartedly, their surreal agenda will have no penetrating effect.

What needs to change in how we treat our mental health in this country?

Please, share your opinions below. :speech_balloon:

The Mission: Make America Sane Again :us:

This ā€œMASAā€ congregation for Mental & Brain Health seeks to advance the Quality of Medical Care & Resources for all Americans, ESPECIALLY those suffering from a mental or neurodevelopment disorder.

A sane country is a stable country, and it starts from WITHIN.

Zeroing-Out and Opting-In: Calibrating our mindset :high_brightness:

The best way to interact w/ this policy-platform is: as an incubating THINK-TANK. Let this serve us as a nest of many ideas and perspectives for reversing this singular crisis ā€” everything from tracing itā€™s origins to curtailing itā€™s devastating effects.

The current phase of this policy is:

  1. Gathering good information: to understand the first-hand truth of what is happening in the psychology services, and why we are mentally ill.
  2. Demystify and debunk our subjective reality: will encourage a movement of objectivity, critical thinking, and continuous questioning of the establishment.
  3. Discuss, distill, and engage respectfully: with related policies in order to form a diverse framework of useful ideas + data.
  4. Set aside ideologies and infinite bias, to concentrate on achieving individual liberty through adaptation: troubleshooting systemic issues affecting our health.
  5. MASA Policy-Projects: will function as the foundational template for deliberate pathways of research that shall constitute a new regime, within the mental-health-industrial-complex of America.

Our Imminent Collapse :hole:

  1. The 1st inherent problem, is that Mental Illness can be invisible, unless you know where to look.
  2. The 2nd inherent problem, is that it may only ā€œpresent as a disorderā€ in a minority of individuals.
  3. The 3rd inherent problem, is cohesion of information, and the lack of new ideas and policy which should be incorporating multiple points-of-failure into single solutions. Analogously: We need to drive holistic approaches that look at how the entire body is functioning synergistically. This means discontinuing a siloed approach of physical health VERSUS mental health.
  4. The 4th inherent problem, is that sufferers-with and victims-of compromised mental health may not possess the basic Cognition, the Willpower, or the Understanding of the tools & resources they would need to help themselves, even if solutions exist.
  5. The 5th inherent problem is the Systemic problem of public health services. The corruption of regulatory agencies, institutions, publications - all of which conduct politicized, or incentive-based research, which filters into the private practices ā€” by ideologues who are adopting this treasonous reality and wielding it in the name of public service and healing.
    And then, the capture of government by corporations with vested interests in outcomes of American policy, allow it to stray entirely too far from the pragmatic measures of treating the root causes.
  6. The 6th inherent problem stems out of the Systemic interference mentioned above. There is no incentive for many individuals to truly heal themselves and stay the course of correctionā€” as long as they are dependent on the state for supportive services. Therefore, Any measure of state intervention into medical and therapeutic rehabilitation must be, by design, for the graduation of patients out from this state of dependency.

Reform Proposals :scroll:

{Edits, Additions, and Refinements are Ongoing + Perpetual here}

  • new strategies for affordable care options, especially for those without health insurance ($100 per therapy session is too much). One of the major hurdles to starting therapy is a feeling that it may be a very abstract dedication of funds & time: very expensive, with no guarantee of outcome. Repeated Trials with new therapists ā€œto find the right fitā€ can be a very difficult sacrifice to make, especially for those who already struggle with daily function and stress-management.

  • new laws for permitting use of psychedelic micro-dosing (mushrooms & mdma).

  • Remove all of the DEI, wokism and manualized interventions from the training programs of clinical psychologists and mental health clinicians. The profession of psychology has become so politicized and has lost its foundational principles of understanding and treating the human condition.

  • The true efficacy and data published of different therapy-styles (e.g. CBT vs. Psychoanalytical).

  • We need to take a deep look at online therapy companies and determine if these services are legitimately serving the people, or if they are money-making machines.

  • We need better solutions for veterans, addicts, homeless, foster children, the handicapped, the sick, the disabled, the fatherless, the motherless - whose basic existences may be fragmented, and compromising their will to live.

  • We need better solutions for families who have experienced tragedy/severe disruption between them, to re-learn how to be a family, and not dissolve into strife.

  • We need to examine the protocols of psychiatric treatment (needless prescribing of powerful drugs) and continue questioning long term effects.

  • We need to realize that the combination of puberty and a peer-pressured environment can be dangerous and unpredictable. Pre-teens and Teens must be taken seriously, and not underestimated.

  • We need to understand the root/environmental causes of atypical mental disorders and neurodevelopment issues in children, continually asking questions on the origins of modern illness: ranging from vaccine injury to autism to gender dysphoria.

  • Letā€™s investigate what rehabilitative measures can be applied to inmates and ex-cons to set them up for safe transition into society while lowering the risk of future convictions, due to behavioral disorders.

  • We need to popularize a neurological basis for assessing our self-destructive lifestyles and daily events.

  • We must realize the profound link between mental health + active relationships so we can prevent damaging effects of isolation + vicious cycles.

  • We need for the essential function of ā€œtherapy ; counselingā€ to be much more precise and scientific.
    With more robust and cohesive industry standards: with articulated levels of care, and new measures implemented to ensure efficacy and comprehension of therapeutic method, as well as the means to hold practitioners accountable for fraudulent behavior.

  • We need more sophisticated and developed classifications for Trauma and Depression, and other debilitating conditions.

  • We need to return to treating psychiatric problems based on psychological theory and real, not fabricated, science.

  • We need to resolutely understand the connections between diet, metabolism, habits, gut health etc. on state-of-mind.

  • We need to demystify mental-health with an abundance of evidence.

ā€œMASAā€ Policy-Projects :carpentry_saw:

(as they appear in the comment-section below :point_down:)

  1. Impact of Pornography
  2. Upgrading Diagnostics: Brain Imaging, etc.
  3. Nutrition, Chemicals, & Environmental Toxins on Brain Health
  4. MASA: Veteran Care
  5. Early Education: Self-analysis, Self-reliance, Self-discipline
  6. Integrated Support Systems for: First-Responders, Intense jobbers, College Students
  7. Familial Bonding & Neurodevelopment
  8. Pain Management, Addiction, + Controlled Substances
  9. Mental Health vs. Health Insurance
  10. Medical Protocol Redesign & Long-Term Care Management
  11. Fixing Isolation for Everyone: Community Programs & Job-Training
  12. Researching Prevalent & Rare Disorders
  13. MASA: Homeless Care
  14. New Medicines and Alternative Therapies
  15. Toxic Academia: ā€œWokeā€ Intervention in Institutions, Scientific Journals, etc.
  16. MASA: Victims of Abuse + Crime
  17. Psychoanalysis as Public Safety: Prisons, Schools, Gun Laws
  18. Modern-Day Mind Control: The Information War, Covert Influences, PsyOps, + Cult Programming
  19. Pedestrian-Support: Emergency Care, Service Animals, Restful Public Places, Innovative Models
  20. Comparing the Best Modalities of Therapy: Science vs. Pseudoscience
  21. Tax Deductible: Habits + Routines for ā€œStaying Sane in Americaā€
  22. Toxic Body, Toxic Mind: Big Ag + Big Pharma vs. Mental Illness

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Excellent ideas and comments.

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From experience, I can tell you that mindful meditation and Tai Chi have been amazing helpers for my physical and mental health. Mindfulness meditation is/was in k-12 schools, but I havenā€™t heard about it still existing for a while.

I am thinking that it should be common for meditation and tai chi to be readily accessible and paid for by insurance as a common thing. Or maybe make it a state paid for programā€¦if this is a good idea? And also part of gym classā€¦assuming gym class still exists in k-12.

I was in therapy for a while. But, I kept having to find new therapists because each one gives up on you. Here is what I mean. I am a deep kind of person and came to understand that I would need to heal on a deep level. My assumption is that most therapists would be willing to take that journey with you. But, for some reason, after a few months they always ask ā€œWhat would you to work on?ā€ Well, I donā€™t know! I am expecting my therapist to guide me through it. With each therapist I made progress. But, I donā€™t understand why they keep trying to make you take control when I am expecting them to know what that path should be. My guess is that there is laws or something about the way therapists are trained that make them do this. It seriously hinders the healing process and honest really hurts my feelings for being given up on by someone I am paying. I am NOT a tough case or anything like that. Can this get addressed as well?

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We need to study meditation and how it benefits the mind.
When a awareness is reached that meditation is the greatest tool to have happiness and mental peace and wellbeing, we should establish meditation centers across the nation for free. Even small ones in parks to just take a break.

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This is absolutely what I am talking about when it comes to addressing questionable Therapy Techniques, firmer expectations, true industry standards ā€” such as concrete and methodical approach versus a ā€œfreestyleā€ approach.

This cannot be abided and merely swept under the rug. In some cases it feels like borderline theft. These costs add up.

Great contribution, thank you.

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They studied Tibetan Buddhist monks who meditated everyday for years, and we found
there was a new brain wave called Gamma, something we have never seen in anyone else other than meditators. In short, it meant that these monks were constantly experiencing blissful peace and joy in their minds due to the incredible transformative power of meditation.

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There have been a few studies on it in the past on the benefits of meditation.

One of the problems with this idea is going to be finding true masters of meditation and tai chi. For example, there are a lot of Tai Chi forms out there. But most of those are bad versions of the original or just made up which is not good. If done really wrong, doing Tai Chi can effect your health in a negative way. Sadly, there are just a small handful of people around the world that still know original forms that truly work. The same thing for mindfulness meditationā€¦it can be taught wrong making it useless.

There are still a very small handful of people that know forms that truly work. But, that knowledge is almost gone thanks to decades of true masters either being killed or not passing down their knowledge to the right people.

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I believe the best way to study something is by practicing it yourself.

Be optimistic! :blue_heart: I agree, however there might be quite a few masters hiding in plain sight. We can hold Train the Trainer sessions to ensure best practices.

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@truth

Find this study and present it to this forum!

Letā€™s support this thread abundantly with evidence, and demystify mental health.

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Suggestion: Find one true master and have this person by your side. They will be able to judge if the form is good or not. The only true master I know of (there are so many fake ones) is Helen Liang. You can find here DVDs here: https://ymaa.com/search-results?search=helen+liang

I get the impression from Helen that she was taught by some of the last of the great Tai Chi and Kung Fu masters in China.

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If anyone in charge is interested, I do know an OG master in Texas, too.

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Make Dads Great Again: Give Every Child A Dad

Promote policies that help every child to either have a great dad or have a father figure involved in their life in some capacity. Policies that promote the involvement of Dads in our culture are severely needed.

Fathers mean less poverty, less crime, and less overall hardship. Fathers are paramount in helping kids grow up to stand on solid ground. Thank you.

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Impact of Pornography

Sex Addiction & Porn Addiction are very real. We can further understand the psychological effects of this kind of addiction and use this knowledge to support people in a therapeutic/psychoanalytical setting.

I am not explicitly advocating for a Ban on Pornography, I donā€™t know if thatā€™s the solution. I will say that if it was disposed of from the culture, I feel confident that it would be a positive step for our psychological wellbeing.

ā€¦Combat addiction + compulsive habits; causes of isolation; causes of dysfunctional relationships

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Brain imaging & upgrading Diagnostic Integrity

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Understanding the Impact of Nutrition (& Chemicals), & Environmental Hazards on Brain Health

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Veteran Care

ā€¦Caregiver practice reform; Systemic crisis; Reintegration & Job Creation; Corporations bear responsibility for our troops health**

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Self-psychology, Self-discipline, Self-reliance

ā€¦Building Life-Skills and Self-Reliance to build Self-Esteem and future Success; Cognitive Arts + Meditation

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:arrow_right:First-Responders & ā€œIntense-Jobsā€ Support systems

:arrow_lower_right:School & Workplace Support systems

(Mental + Emotional Health in Professional/School settings)

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Familial bonding & Neurodevelopment

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