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On Psychotherapeutic Literacy

Mad in America

Curiously, he seemed captivated by a few quotes from books I had jotted down in my diary, but our sessions continued to be a quiet standoff, a battle of nerves to see who would break the silence first. What I found in some books was as embarrassing as it was shameful. What if your client brought you a gift? What makes you think that?”

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The Best Kids’ Books on Mental Health of 2024

Child Mind Intitute

Each year, it seems that theres a new childrens book (or 10!) Clinicians at the Child Mind Institute specializing in conditions that include anxiety, depression, and autism reviewed more than 60 titles that were published in 2024 to compile our inaugural annual list of the best kids’ books for mental health. What if I get lost?

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Conveying Hope, Empowering Teens: An Interview With Jessica Schleider

Mad in America

On her own and with colleagues, she’s published a wide array of articles and book chapters and co-wrote a self-help book, The Growth Mindset Workbook for Teens. You use a lot of different terms for it in your book, and if you could speak to that a little bit — how significant is it? So I talked about in my book.

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Mad in America’s 10 Most Popular Articles in 2023

Mad in America

Kids—especially teenage girls—are presenting with self-described Tourette’s, eating disorders, autism, and dissociative identity disorder (DID)—but suddenly, and in a way that doesn’t match how these diagnoses have previously been identified.

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Day # 147: Bulimia Nervosa Part 2

Bullet Psych

Today we will continue our current theme of eating disorders as we discuss bulimia nervosa. Today's Content Level: Intermediate Clinical Pearls 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 History : Bulimia nervosa (BN) is an eating disorder characterized by recurrent binge eating combined with behaviors intended to counteract the weight gain (purging).

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Day # 146: Bulimia Nervosa Part 1

Bullet Psych

Today we will continue our current theme of eating disorders. Today's Content Level: Beginner and Intermediate Introduction 1 Bulimia nervosa (BN) is an eating disorder characterized by recurrent binge eating combined with behaviors intended to counteract the weight gain. Today's topic is bulimia nervosa.

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Part 3: Neuro-Authenticity, Neuro-Identities, and the Neuro-Industry  

Mad in America

There is a plethora of books advising the newly-diagnosed on how to ‘unmask’ their autism (search ‘unmasking autism’ on Amazon for a quick glance). Some become instant celebrities and land book deals, while others already had successful media careers and make documentaries about the new insight which their diagnosis gives them.