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On Psychotherapeutic Literacy

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Clients should be well aware of the responsible boundaries separating them from their therapist. Trends in Diagnosis One day, I mustered the courage to ask him if my assumption that I might have borderline personality disorder was accurate. He chuckled and retorted, “You think you have borderline personality disorder?

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Medical Journals Refuse to Retract Fraudulent Trial Reports That Omitted Suicidal Events in Children

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Taking the two studies together, adverse events definitely predisposing to violence against self or others leading to discontinuation occurred in 11 versus 3 children. One of the strongest precursors for violence against self or others is akathisia. Forest’s internal documents showed that company staff were aware of the problems.

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Set, Setting, Forgetting: Silence on Abuse in Psychedelic Therapy Histories

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Yensens wife, Donna Dryer, continued to treat the participant while aware of her husbands exploitation of the participant. Research into therapists who abuse clients, therefore, highlights how therapeutic models and ideologies are themselves driving and justifying abuse beyond the personal interest in self-gratification.