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Dear Psychiatrist – I Survived

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I haven’t had a psychiatric hospitalization in 15 years. I was having nightmares and flashbacks from childhood trauma that I had successfully hidden in the recesses of my mind until that time. You said this when I described my nightmares and flashbacks and the confusion and terror I had as I remembered my childhood trauma. “It

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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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Depression: Psychiatry’s Discredited Theories and Drugs Versus a Sane Model and Approach

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Childhood Trauma : Adverse childhood experiences include physical and emotional abuse, physical and emotional neglect, and family trauma (such as a parent in prison, or witnessing a parent physically abused by the other parent). for those on parole or a supervised release from prison in the past 12 months, and 9.2%

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

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She also revealed that a neighbor had to take us to the hospital. Death of a sibling isn’t actually covered in the original ten ACE study questions, but neither are many other types of childhood trauma, such as bullying or surviving a severe accident.) She doesn’t remember why Dad didn’t go. This was no isolated incident.

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Despite Safety Risks, Prescribers Receive Little Guidance of Monitoring Antipsychotic Clozapine

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A recent study pointed to the connections between childhood trauma , sexual assault , and psychosis and how trauma therapies are necessary to address the underlying issues that contribute to current symptoms.

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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. I returned to hospital in late February 2017 and was discharged in early April. I was involved in an art exhibition within the hospital but it seems that I was quite snipey and irritable otherwise.