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2017: My Descent Into Mayhem

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The first was in 2017. It might have been the re-activation of deeply rooted childhood trauma brought on by situations in my workplace. I returned to hospital in late February 2017 and was discharged in early April. The post 2017: My Descent Into Mayhem appeared first on Mad In America.

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Depression: Psychiatry’s Discredited Theories and Drugs Versus a Sane Model and Approach

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Childhood Trauma : Adverse childhood experiences include physical and emotional abuse, physical and emotional neglect, and family trauma (such as a parent in prison, or witnessing a parent physically abused by the other parent). In the long-term, outcomes are worse. among those who were on probation.

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The TikTokification of Mental Health on Campus

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Despite having this resource that former generations lacked, rates of mental and emotional struggles still continue to rise among younger generations , with rates of major depressive episodes increasing by 63% for American young adults between 2009 and 2017—and social media likely plays a role in this. “I ’ ” says Misha.

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Dostoevsky: A Psychologist We Can All Learn From

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His intuitive grasp of how childhood trauma could repress and obliterate memory, fuelling the repetition compulsion of self-destructive patterns of behaviour, was central not only to psychoanalysis, but also our modern understanding of psychological trauma.

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The Most Important Thing I Learned in the 8th grade….

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My speculation is that the commonest cultural factor in play these days is childhood trauma because the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) checklist is available and considered a measure. 2017 Jul 25;114(30):7782-7789. Epub 2017 Jul 24. This paper would suggest that is only part of the story. PMID: 39556747.