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A General Semantics Perspective on Language and Reality: Implications for Therapy

National Association for the Advancement of Psycho

Identity, absolute sameness in all respects, is assumed as an empirical principle while partial identity is seen as self-contradictory. This will result, I think, in therapists expanding the limits of their knowledge using their self-reflexive and meta-communicative processes. As premises, these axioms immediately distort perception.

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How the Troubled Teen Industry Turns Pain Into Profit

Mad in America

While we live in an era where awareness of mental health is becoming more widespread, the reality for many families seeking help is that they feel lost while navigating the mental health system. isnt uncommon for these ideas to fuel a self-fulfilling prophecy. Adding to this, over 47.2% Adding to this, over 47.2%

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The Iatrogenic Gaze: How We Forgot That Psychiatry Could Be Harmful

Mad in America

I had some vague awareness that patients occasionally had a “bad reaction” to a pill, but I assumed that these reactions were one in a million and it never crossed my mind that something like permanent genital numbness could occur. As far I am aware, there is zero mention of iatrogenesis in the OCD literature.