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“All Real Living Is Meeting”: Brent Robbins on Love, Death, and the Possibilities of Psychology

Mad in America

But we know from research that one of the strongest drivers of eating disorders is the thin ideal a cultural standard that equates female attractiveness with thinness. It gives us a way to evaluate success and failure, a structure for self-esteem. But for Becker, this isnt just about identity its about death anxiety.

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Could IPT Be a Treatment Option for Autism?

International Society for Interpersonal Psychother

Individuals with ASD possess difficulties in self-understanding or theory of own mind as well as theory of mind about others (Robinson, 2018). Not caring for or being aware of basic attachment needs in the interaction with others is probably a high risk factor for depression and other mental illnesses.