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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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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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Could IPT Be a Treatment Option for Autism?

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INTRODUCTION Background, Aim and Method Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder, characterized by social communication difficulties and restricted repetitive thinking and behavior (Battle, 2013). ASD is also associated with difficulties regulating emotions and coping with stress.

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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.