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Doctors Are Not Trained to Think Critically

Mad in America

I was given psychotherapy all through this time, but the therapists were not impressed by my accounts of childhood trauma. Medical research is largely funded by the pharmaceutical industry, papers ghostwritten by the pharmaceutical industry and influencers paid by the pharmaceutical industry.

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

Mad in America

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

Mad in America

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. You want to be reborn in each moment.

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How Mad Studies and the Psychological Humanities are Changing Mental Health: An Interview with Narrative Psychiatrist Bradley Lewis

Mad in America

Terms like “broken brain,” “childhood trauma,” “unresolved grief,” and “family dysfunction” come to mind. If you attend an American Psychiatric Association event, you’d often witness a protest movement outside. Metaphors, in particular, are intriguing.