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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

Individuals with ASD possess difficulties in self-understanding or theory of own mind as well as theory of mind about others (Robinson, 2018). Not caring for or being aware of basic attachment needs in the interaction with others is probably a high risk factor for depression and other mental illnesses. Theory of mind, 2.)