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The Trauma Craze: How the Expansion of Trauma Diagnoses Fueled Victimhood Culture

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DSM-5 (2013) moved away from listing specific events and focused more on the subjective experience, including responses to threats of death, serious injury, or violence. Later, DSM-III-R (1987) expanded the definition to include sexual assault, and DSM-IV (1994) emphasized individual responses like fear or helplessness.

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Giving Caregivers a Platform: Meagan, Mother of Matt

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But the combined intelligence and cognitive awareness of Matt and his mother’s tenacity for answers undoubtedly gave him a second chance on life. He went to his GP, who diagnosed him with “anxiety disorder” on top of his bipolar diagnosis and prescribed Xanax. It clearly was not a fit and he would not be helping Matt.