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Healing From Psychiatric Drug Harm, Part 2: Rational Approaches to Recovery

Mad in America

In my last piece , I wrote about various neuro-rehab therapies I engaged in with Dr. J, the functional brain injury specialist, and that there came a point when my husband and I knew we’d reached the end of what medical science could offer me. I sat down to write this article with the experience of severe akathisia fresh in my mind.

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Could IPT Be a Treatment Option for Autism?

International Society for Interpersonal Psychother

The ability to mentalize is a fundamental capacity required in our social environment and impairments may utilise a risk for clinical psychiatric disorders (A. Individuals on the autism spectrum often experience comorbid depression, social stress, and difficulties in relating to themselves and others. Bateman & Fonagy, 2008).