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Supportive Psychotherapy - The Clinical Language of Psychiatry

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No prescriptions is not a definitive marker for success but I have seen the other end of the spectrum. People in acute distress from being fired, separated from their spouse, or acute bereavement who were suddenly started on antidepressants or anxiolytics after a few days of anxiety or depression and a very brief assessment.

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Default Depression—How We Now Interpret Distress as Mental Illness

Mad in America

R egardless of the context and cause, distress is increasingly interpreted and diagnosed as a mental illnesscommonly clinical depression and/or anxiety disorder. These international campaigns helped lead to the development of the National Depression Awareness Campaign, launched in 1994 by the Mental Health Foundation of Australia.

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May Cause Side Effects–Radical Acceptance and Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal: An Interview with Brooke Siem

Mad in America

I’m diagnosing a depressive and anxiety disorder and recommending medication.” She has a book called Radical Acceptance and I definitely borrowed it from her and have learned a lot of the concepts from her too. I think radical acceptance and radical self-awareness go hand in hand.

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

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Later, DSM-III-R (1987) expanded the definition to include sexual assault, and DSM-IV (1994) emphasized individual responses like fear or helplessness. While expanding trauma criteria is often justified as necessary for inclusivity and compassion, critics contend that these expansions may be driven, by some, out of self-interest.

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Psychology, Personhood, and the Crisis of Neoliberalism: Jeff Sugarman on Theoretical and Critical Psychology

Mad in America

You have a self-esteem scaleif I score a 10 and you score an 8, does that mean I have more self-esteem than you? One of the books we read together was Charles Taylors Sources of the Self , which is a landmark in hermeneutic thought. Over time, what it means to be a self has shifted dramatically. Can you quantify justice?