Wed.Nov 15, 2023

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

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A udrey Clare Farley is a writer, editor, and scholar of 20th-century American culture with a special interest in science and religion. She earned a PhD in English literature at the University of Maryland, College Park. She now teaches a course on U.S. history at Mount St. Mary’s University. Her first book, The Unfit Heiress: The Tragic Life and Scandalous Sterilization of Ann Cooper Hewitt , tells the story of a 1930s millionairess whose mother secretly sterilized her to deprive her of the fami

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Why Emotional Neglect and Depression Are Often Experienced Together

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From Dr. Jonice Webb : “Why are Emotional Neglect and depression often experienced together? Let’s start with a brief refresher on Childhood Emotional Neglect (CEN), how it happens, and how it plays out through the neglected child’s adult life. Childhood Emotional Neglect happens when your parents fail to respond enough to your emotions as they raise you.

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