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childhood development

2 thinkers, books, and ideas connected to this field.

Book

Bad Therapy

Abigail Shrier's 2024 book arguing that the widespread application of therapy, social-emotional learning, and mental health interventions to children has contributed to — rather than alleviated — the youth mental health crisis.

psychology criticismtherapeutic culturechildhood developmentmental health policy
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Gabor Maté

Hungarian-Canadian physician and author who developed Compassionate Inquiry therapy and whose work on trauma, addiction, and the mind-body connection — particularly The Myth of Normal — presents addiction as a response to trauma rather than a moral failing.

childhood developmenttraumaaddiction medicinecompassionate inquiry
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