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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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A Case for Parallel Mental Health Care

Mad in America

When mundane events increasingly take on the character of the surreal or the apocalyptic, what does it mean to be normal or sane? However, the problem of smartphones is in some ways particularly emblematic of the perverse dynamics of our technological society. The servant becomes the master.

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Toxic Interactions: Social Circumstances and Well-Being

Mad in America

For some of those present at the conference, it seemed to refer to certain kinds of people, for some, to certain kinds of behaviours, for others, to the consequences of certain biochemical events, and for some, to comprehensible psychological strategies. The result is a set of findings which have yet to find a satisfactory explanation.

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The Power of Journaling: What Science Says About the Benefits for Mental Health and Well-Being

Child Mind Intitute

According to Emotional Disclosure Theory by James Pennebaker, a psychologist at the University of Texas at Austin, writing about emotional experiences helps process traumatic events by organizing chaotic thoughts and releasing pent-up emotions. This can lead to improved mental clarity and resilience (Pennebaker, 1997).

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Dr. Gordon Warme: The Curious Case of an Unconventional Psychiatrist

Mad in America

I had to re familiarize myself with his work, reading his self-published paperback Brain Evangelists. He downplayed it, but I knew the events demonstrated his commitment to difficult case work and how it could help in protecting and healing a community. Those endeavours became Bay St.