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

Mad in America

Life expectancy has increased globally due to advancements in medical technology, better hygiene, and improved access to healthcare. Originally intended to highlight risk factors, ACE scores are now used by clinicians to diagnose individuals, despite overlooking resilience and individual variations in response to adversity.

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Reimagining Crisis Support: A Conversation with Tina Minkowitz

Mad in America

That is, the legal framework and policies and practices for services and support still need to be created, because it is still very institutional, is what activists there have told me, but there are all these reforms underway. Some kind of support to cope with it; you might also want to go it alone, or you could rely on the people around you.

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