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My Story of Surviving Psychiatry

Mad in America

Back in 2009 I was incredibly blessed to have a couple of my fellow patients who comforted me, listened to me and took care of me. In October 2009 I was discharged after 3 very long weeks and I quickly concluded that the ‘antipsychotics’ I had been forced to take were numbing my feelings and dulling my thinking in a debilitating way.

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Child and Family Traumatic Stress Intervention (CFTSI)

Kids Mental Health Info

The Child and Family Traumatic Stress Intervention (CFTSI) is a brief (58 session), evidencebased early intervention for children 7 to 18 years old, young children ages 3-6, and children in foster care, that reduces traumatic stress reactions and the onset of PTSD.