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

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Adding insult to injury, ICD-11 (2018) added complex PTSD (C-PTSD) to address prolonged trauma, such as childhood abuse or long-term domestic violence, acknowledging broader symptoms like emotional dysregulation and identity struggles. It also introduced separate criteria for children and teens.

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Part 4: Neurodiversity: New Paradigm, or Trojan Horse?

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We consider the consequences of diagnosis as a form of social identity; of neurodivergence as a form of disability; and of self-diagnosis. The re-framing of diagnosis as identity in some parts of the neurodiversity movement leads to an insistence on identity-first language—an ‘autistic person’ rather than ‘a person with autism.’

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Could IPT Be a Treatment Option for Autism?

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ASD is also associated with difficulties with central coherence, a disability that costs a lot of energy in the persons daily life. Individuals with ASD possess difficulties in self-understanding or theory of own mind as well as theory of mind about others (Robinson, 2018). 2015) and borderline personality disorder (A.

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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. The book draws from Passies earlier academic work, including his 2018 journal article “The Early Use of MDMA (Ecstasy) in Psychotherapy (19771985).” In 2023, Dryer resigned her medical license.