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Recent Mental Health Blog | November 2009 PostsThe Increase in "Brat-Camp" Style Documentariesby Beth McHughEven a decade ago, there were few signs of reality TV shows dealing with out-of-control teenagers giving the finger plus a mouthful of verbal abuse to anyone who came near them, but in particular, their parents. When Substance Abuse become Substance Dependenceby Beth McHughSubstance dependence is usually called addiction, and we customarily use the term to describe people who seem enslaved to the substance concerned. Yet there is much disagreement among experts as to just what constituents substance dependence. What Makes a Psychopath? The Case of Josef Fritzlby Beth McHughRecently, Josef Fritzl, the Austrian father who imprisoned his daughter Elisabeth in an underground enclosure and fathered all seven of her children, was sentenced to life imprisonment himself. When a Therapist Fails to Diagnose Narcissistic Personality Disorder in the Extended Familyby Beth McHughIt is not uncommon for many of my clients to have previously entered therapy for a range of conditions including depression and anxiety-related disorders and to be treated as what is known as the "Identified Patient" by their therapist and labeled with these disorders. Suicide: The Inability of Family to See Past they Own Agendaby Beth McHughI once lived next door to a man who committed suicide. He was a lovely guy, with a wife and young child. But he was desperately ill and he was not getting the help he needed. |
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