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Mad in America’s 10 Most Popular Articles in 2023

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New Study Finds Connection Between Childhood Trauma and Psychosis In December, Ashley Bobak wrote about a new study which sheds new light on the profound impact of childhood trauma in the development of psychotic symptoms, particularly in treatment-resistant cases of schizophrenia.

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Doctors Are Not Trained to Think Critically

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By the time we got to our clinical studies and spent most of our time rotating around the various specialities in the local hospitals, we were well used to being subjected to belittling treatment at the hands of our superiors. The prospect of spending time in the large institution, Springfield Psychiatric Hospital in Tooting, was scary.

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

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For months, the GP had focused on an alleged traumatic event causing her significant psychological distress. When I asked about this alleged trauma, Emily initially spoke vaguely of a toxic relationship with a former boyfriend. They could not recall any traumatic event, confirming instead a stable and nurturing home life.

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

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A few months ago, I attended a live Zoom event on Guidely with Dr. Gabor Maté, author of The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness & Healing in a Toxic Culture. She also revealed that a neighbor had to take us to the hospital. I did get a few other insights I never had before from this most recent conversation.

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2017: My Descent Into Mayhem

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It might have been the re-activation of deeply rooted childhood trauma brought on by situations in my workplace. There was only a small space to record daily events and there are many blanks among the pages. I returned to hospital in late February 2017 and was discharged in early April.

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One Person’s Journey from Celebrity Medical Model Advocate to Skeptic: An Interview with Rose Cartwright

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She talks about understanding the place of her own childhood trauma and also the limitations of simplistic trauma narratives. Dhar: Eventually you found the trauma model that talked about extreme childhood stress events, and it explained a lot of your suffering.

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The Making of a ‘Madness’ That Hides Our Monsters: An Interview with Audrey Clare Farley

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No sooner were their births announced than people began to gather outside the hospital, and then when the city provided them a house to live rent-free for a year, locals would come round the clock, they would peer in the windows even in the middle of the night.