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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

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.

Make America Sane Again: REFORMS :scroll:

  • 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.

Make America Sane Again: RESOLUTIONS :rocket:

(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 solutions 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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