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Depression: Biological or Psychological?

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They regarded phobias as unconscious representations of hidden childhood traumas, and they were convinced by this theory that eliminating the phobia would precipitate a psychosis. It continues to be the best treatment for this disorder. Beck, who was a psychiatrist, stated his treatment is educational, not medical.

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

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The Role of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) The rise in trauma diagnoses is partly driven by the misuse of the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) framework, which was designed to study the link between childhood trauma and long-term health, not as a diagnostic tool.

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Depsychiatrization: Dispelling Harmful, Diagnostical Self-Concepts in Therapy and Community Health Work

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And none better to start with than the diagnoses labeled personality disorders. They comprise a group of diagnoses that do catastrophic damage to the person who is taught to identify with them. In my two years of regrettable service I did not find anyone whose personality seemed to be disordered (whatever that means).