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

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While expanding trauma criteria is often justified as necessary for inclusivity and compassion, critics contend that these expansions may be driven, by some, out of self-interest. However, the following factors might be more plausible. Standard treatments like cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) are effective for both MDD and GAD.

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Women’s Mental Health Care: A Historical Perspective & Progress

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The Suffrage Movement and Its Impact on Mental Health Awareness The women’s suffrage movement was a significant period in American history, but the mental health impact on its participants went largely unnoticed. Lucy Burns documented the emotional suffering of fellow suffragettes who endured force-feeding and solitary confinement.

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Default Depression—How We Now Interpret Distress as Mental Illness

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R egardless of the context and cause, distress is increasingly interpreted and diagnosed as a mental illnesscommonly clinical depression and/or anxiety disorder. These international campaigns helped lead to the development of the National Depression Awareness Campaign, launched in 1994 by the Mental Health Foundation of Australia.