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Power, Privilege & Controlling the Narrative: Vested Interests in ‘Mental Health’

Mad in America

It was written by David Hansen, a crisis worker at a person-centred, survivor-led mental health crisis service. Ethical practice requires vigilance in recognising vested interests in any situation and distinguishing between what is ethical and what personally benefits us. Is therapy political? Mental health is also political.

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Teralyn Sell and Jenn Schmitz: Breaking Out of the Prison of Prescribing and Finding the Freedom of Therapy

Mad in America

Dr. Teralyn Sell is a distinguished expert in Psychology and Brain Health, holding a PhD in Psychology and an MS in Counseling Psychology. Teralyn Sell is a distinguished expert in Psychology and Brain Health, holding a PhD in Psychology and an MS in Counseling Psychology. The transcript below has been edited for length and clarity.

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Could IPT Be a Treatment Option for Autism?

International Society for Interpersonal Psychother

ASD is also associated with difficulties with central coherence, a disability that costs a lot of energy in the persons daily life. The ability to mentalize is a fundamental capacity required in our social environment and impairments may utilise a risk for clinical psychiatric disorders (A. Bateman & Fonagy, 2008).