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How to Explain Top Psychiatrists’ “Dr. Strangelove Exuberance” Unchecked by Reality

Mad in America

E xuberant individuals who disregard societal consensus reality are routinely diagnosed by psychiatrists with bipolar disorder; however, among psychiatrists themselves, exuberance about psychiatry regardless of the reality of psychiatry’s repeated scientific failures makes one a leading psychiatrist. Thomas Insel, quoted in 2017. “To

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On Psychotherapeutic Literacy

Mad in America

Clients should be well aware of the responsible boundaries separating them from their therapist. But you don’t have borderline personality disorder.” ” Yet, all the elements describing that cursed disorder, except for the tendency to engage in random fights with strangers, appeared to mirror my own self.

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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. Bateman, 2012).