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What I Wish I’d Asked Dr. Gabor Maté When I Had the Chance

Mad in America

He was talking about being abandoned for a month at the age of one because his mother was protecting his life during the Nazi occupation of Hungary. Past the “two major accidents a year through the age of six” as my father once confessed to the woman who would become my second wife? Is that even possible? This was no isolated incident.

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Giving Caregivers a Platform: Sherita, Mother of Tony

Mad in America

Tony, who lives in Virginia near his mother, lost his speech and eye contact at a very early age, when he received an autism diagnosis. Tony went off prescription drugs in September 2021, when he was released from the hospital with none, though he was on them while being held there.

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Day # 149: Other Eating Disorders (Avoidant/Restrictive, Rumination, & Pica)

Bullet Psych

Not attributable to a concurrent medical/mental condition. Proposed risk factors include anxiety disorders, autism spectrum disorder, OCD, ADHD, developmental delays , children of parents with eating disorders , and a personal history of gastrointestinal conditions. No evidence of a disturbance in body image.