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Dear Mr. Kennedy

ADDitude

16 It is serious, potentially lethal, and associated with elevated risks for comorbid conditions 17, 18 including anxiety, depression, 19 substance use disorder, 20 eating disorders, 21, 22 obesity, and oppositional defiant disorder, 23 which commonly derails treatment plans and parenting strategies. Int J Eat Disord.

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Could IPT Be a Treatment Option for Autism?

International Society for Interpersonal Psychother

Ever since 1970 s when the treatment was invented it has shown more or less evidence for several conditions such as eating disorders (Murphy, Straebler, Basden, Cooper, & Fairburn, 2012), bipolar disorders (Swartz, Frank, & Frankel, 2008), PTSD (Markowitz et al., 2015) and borderline personality disorder (A.

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What Happens When There Is No Help?

Mad in America

Naturally, I developed an eating disorder and OCD at an early age. Then came 2020 and my living situation became extremely stressful. During this period, as an unprotected and physically below-average-sized child, I was an easy target for bullying at school, as well as sexual abuse by an older cousin.