Critique of Mad Pride Article

John Grohol at Psych Central makes some excellent points about some of the assumptions in the New York Times article:
The article only refers to psychiatrists as being responsible for treating people with mental illness, which is an unfortunate oversight. Psychiatrists make up the smallest profession responsible for the treatment of mental illness — it would [...]

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Autism: Curious?

I chanced upon a great post on autism and an interesting press release about some recent research. Here’s a brief quote from the post:
They also might have rigid patterns of behavior. One boy would get upset if there was going to be an assembly at 10 o’clock instead of math. Or some kids need to [...]

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