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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. They could not recall any traumatic event, confirming instead a stable and nurturing home life. There have also been notable shifts in the types of traumatic events leading to PTSD.

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Reflections on the Silicon Valley Teen Suicides-by-Train: Fifteen Years Later

Mad in America

Then, finally, technology offered a solution: insurmountably high fences and surveillance cameras. The suicides seemed to trigger a general darkening in the mood at the schools. Nearly a dozen Palo Alto teens died this way. Finally, the City of Palo Alto put a security guard there. It was terrible when the kids died.