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

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The same is true of attempts to reframe other diagnostic labels as ‘identities’—including the most contentious, ‘borderline personality disorder’ which, it is suggested, can be ‘destigmatised’ through ‘ neuroqueer feminism ’. Neuroqueer Feminism: Turning with Tenderness toward Borderline Personality Disorder. Johnson, M.

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Set, Setting, Forgetting: Silence on Abuse in Psychedelic Therapy Histories

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The new drug application for MDMA-AT submitted by MAPS would have allowed MDMA legal use solely within MAPS’ proprietary psychotherapy protocol and only for individuals with a PTSD diagnosis. Much of the therapy was conducted underground by therapists seeking to keep their practices shielded from the authorities.