Mad in America is a webzine devoted to rethinking psychiatry’s current “disease model” for diagnosing and treating psychiatric disorders. This Parent Resources section is designed to provide information and resources for parents who wish to explore alternatives to conventional, drug-based psychiatric care for children and youth.
Moving Toward a Preventative Approach to Youth Mental Health
Now I See a Person: A New Model for Breaking Free of Mental Health Labels
To the Young Person Who Doesn’t Identify with Their Disability Diagnosis Anymore
Insane Medicine Chapter 5: The Manufacture of Childhood Depression (Part 2)
Withdrawing Kids from Psych Drugs: Why, How, and When
Supporting Children and Parents to Withdraw from Psychiatric Medication
A Parent/Caregiving Guide to Helping Families Cope with the Corona Virus
Policy News
Support Groups
Q&A

Psychiatric Drug Info
Did you know:
- That longer-term studies of children given a diagnostic label of ADHD have found worseoutcomes for medicated youth?
- In a large NIMH study, researchers concluded that few youth “benefit long-term” from antipsychotics (neuroleptic drugs)?
- That marijuana, stimulants, and antidepressants increase the risk that a youth will receive a diagnostic label of bipolar disorder?
Research on psychotropic use in children and adolescents
- Stimulants for children with a diagnostic label of ADHD
- Antidepressants for children with a diagnostic label of depression/anxiety
- Antipsychotics (neuroleptics) for children with a diagnostic label of psychosis, bipolar disorder, and more
Research on non-pharmacological treatments
- Non-drug approaches for ADHD
- Non-drug approaches for depression
- Non-drug approaches for psychosis, bipolar disorder, and more
Resources
Information on withdrawal from psychiatric drugs.
Directory of therapists/providers who support drug withdrawal.

Mad in America, the Council for Evidence-Based Psychiatry, and the International Institute for Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal are pleased to announce a series of live, online Town Hall discussions focusing on issues related to psychiatric drug withdrawal.
View the video of our first Town Hall on psychiatric drug withdrawal from Friday, January 15, 2021. The video includes a panel discussion and audience questions.