Great article. An uncomfortable but likely hypothesis consistent with a true association (genetic or environmental) between CSA and BPD is that youth who will be BPD behave differently than other youth, including engaging in inappropriate sexual interactions with adults. CSA articles usually have high age cutoffs for childhood. Who believes that no 14 year olds have any causal agency, sexually?
Thank you for this clear comparison between competing hypotheses in the specific case of bipolar disorder, with the inference that our mental model of psychological disorders is not well supported by the best data.
“If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.” — Marcus Aurelius
I am late reading this very fine review. I am reflexively behaviorist. holdover from grad school. so...so much of what I read in this review can be explained by learning theory. and the author alludes to that mechanism with the term "adaptive." the individual learns (is rewarded by or punishment relieved ) by certain behaviors/cognitive events. The many clinicians who seem to get off with various Freudian explanations violate a core scientific notion: simplicity of explanation. parsimony. I was never a therapist, but this certainly points me to various cog/beh approaches. that is my understand of dialectic approaches. that said, I did enjoy van der kolk's book. all said, I can certainly believe that screwed up parenting/interpersonal style can damage a young person. hell, it can damage an adult.
Great reading. It feels like a call to embody the old proverbs, -It takes a village to raise a children.- I'm not a parent, but I can see that the growth of a child isn't only to the parents but to the society, governments, and many other people.
Great article. An uncomfortable but likely hypothesis consistent with a true association (genetic or environmental) between CSA and BPD is that youth who will be BPD behave differently than other youth, including engaging in inappropriate sexual interactions with adults. CSA articles usually have high age cutoffs for childhood. Who believes that no 14 year olds have any causal agency, sexually?
Thank you for this clear comparison between competing hypotheses in the specific case of bipolar disorder, with the inference that our mental model of psychological disorders is not well supported by the best data.
Another sentinel contribution. Thank you.
“If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.” — Marcus Aurelius
1) Reanchor for happiness: https://andrewperlot.substack.com/p/why-i-almost-lost-my-girlfriend-and
2) Play the right game: https://andrewperlot.substack.com/cp/145128856
3) Remember you'll get through the next thing too: https://andrewperlot.substack.com/i/144078290/youll-get-through-the-next-thing-too
Everything is good for you
If it doesn't kill you
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYWG97ISG1A
I am late reading this very fine review. I am reflexively behaviorist. holdover from grad school. so...so much of what I read in this review can be explained by learning theory. and the author alludes to that mechanism with the term "adaptive." the individual learns (is rewarded by or punishment relieved ) by certain behaviors/cognitive events. The many clinicians who seem to get off with various Freudian explanations violate a core scientific notion: simplicity of explanation. parsimony. I was never a therapist, but this certainly points me to various cog/beh approaches. that is my understand of dialectic approaches. that said, I did enjoy van der kolk's book. all said, I can certainly believe that screwed up parenting/interpersonal style can damage a young person. hell, it can damage an adult.
The emergent field of Metabolic Psychiatry is probably going to dramatically change the way we look at mental illness.
Great reading. It feels like a call to embody the old proverbs, -It takes a village to raise a children.- I'm not a parent, but I can see that the growth of a child isn't only to the parents but to the society, governments, and many other people.