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Depression: Psychiatry’s Discredited Theories and Drugs Versus a Sane Model and Approach

Mad in America

A 2004 study , “Adverse Childhood Experiences and the Risk of Depressive Disorders in Adulthood,” reported that exposure to such traumatic experiences is “associated with increased risk of depressive disorders up to decades after their occurrence”; and that childhood emotional abuse increased risk 2.7 fold for lifetime depressive disorders.

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Could IPT Be a Treatment Option for Autism?

International Society for Interpersonal Psychother

These three constructs are what comprise so-called social competence. The final phase involves direct discussion of termination, reviewing improvement, consolidating gains, and anticipating future problems (Markowitz & Weissman, 2004). Theory of mind, 2.) Emotion recognition and 3.)Executive Executive functioning. Stichter et al.,