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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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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 speculate now about withdrawal akathisia, extreme sleep deprivation, spiritual awakening, deep awareness, empathy and sensory experiencing, an invalidating environment, defensiveness, corruption and spiritual attack.

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

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Other influential figures like Patricia Resick and Charles Marmar emphasized the importance of addressing both objective events and the subjective experience of trauma. TIC has become so popular that its approach is boasted by most hospitals, schools , social services, correctional facilities.

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

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Terms like “broken brain,” “childhood trauma,” “unresolved grief,” and “family dysfunction” come to mind. Even SAMSA began to realize the value of incorporating those with lived experience into hospitals and clinics. This heightened awareness leads him to a breakdown.