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<description><![CDATA[Dr. Dan L. Edmunds received his Doctorate of Education from the University of Sarasota in Pastoral Community Counseling. Edmunds received his MA in Theology from the University of Scranton and completed undergraduate studies at the University of Florida. He is a noted therapist working mainly with children and adolescents.  Edmunds has been an outspoken critic of biopsychiatry.]]></description>
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<title>Being and Becoming</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Examining life, meaning, relationships, and what it means to be a person.]]></description>
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<title>Family Dynamics</title>
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<description><![CDATA[This article explores the various societal, political, and familial factors that shape person's identity. Explores dysfunctional family structures and its impact on emotional well being.]]></description>
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<title>Psychiatric Politics And Social Control</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Addresses the subjective nature of psychiatry and challenges the establishment. Examines psychiatry as a political tool of social control. Addresses how to meet the needs of distressed individuals through a more humane approach.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2007 15:54:42 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This article addresses the need for reform in the mental health system. The article examines the problems inherent in the system and means to find more humane, dignified ways to reach those undergoing emotional distress.]]></description>
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<title>Journey Through 'Madness'</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 21 Dec 2006 16:09:55 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Examining the experience termed 'schizophrenia' or 'psychosis'. Exploring the means to recovery.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Nov 2006 10:09:19 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Examining the impact of trauma on childhood emotional distress.  Whereas I find the various disorders in the DSM IV to be highly subjective, they are mainly a listing of certain behavioral traits manifested by certain individuals. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Oct 2006 14:20:18 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Addressing discipline issues with our children. Meeting our children's emotional needs.]]></description>
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<title>The Religion of Bio-Psychiatry</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Examines how bio-psychiatry has become a religion and has replaced genuine exploration and development of hope and meaning.]]></description>
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<title>Hearing Our Seriously Distressed Adolescents</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2005 11:46:31 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Understanding the emotional needs of adolescents.
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<title>Responsibility &amp; Accountability: Milking the System by Blaming the Child &amp; Blaming the Brain</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2005 11:18:29 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Examines the current mental health system and its need for reform.]]></description>
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<title>The Value of a Relationship Approach to Autism</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Relationship based intervention with children diagnosed with autism... In aiding children with developmental challenges, we must first realize that this requires a team effort and a strengths based approach.]]></description>
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<title>Child's Play - Treating The Insanity of the Mental Health System</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2004 09:52:48 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The need for reform of the children's mental health system.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[AUTISM INTERVENTIONS

In dealing with children with autism spectrum disorders, its all about relationship. These children are within a realm where they feel and respond much differently than others. There has been much focus on trying to eliminate certain behaviors or to evoke particular responses in children which actually become rote and repetitive for them without context. One of the goals in aiding these children should be in helping them find meaning. In order to do this we must be willing to not look at the child as broken, unable to respond, or even unable to communicate. These children DO communicate, however they are not always able to manipulate their senses to communicate in the typical ways of other children. As a result, they can become easily frustrated and trapped. The therapist must enter their imaginative world and learn to communicate in their language. 

Read on for more...]]></description>
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<title>Hearing Our Seriously Distressed Children</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2004 20:43:21 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[An examination of the children's mental health system and the need for reform. Addressed how to meet the needs of children experiencing serious emotional distress.]]></description>
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<title>Examining Drugs for ADHD, Particularly 'Strattera'</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2004 20:43:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Examining the ADHD drug: Straterra. In memory of 14 year old Matthew Smith; 11 year old Stephanie Hall; and 10 year old Shaina Dunkle and other children who have died from the use of psychotropic drugs for "ADHD".]]></description>
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<title>Meeting the True Needs of Children Diagnosed as 'ADHD'</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2004 08:01:54 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Examining the diagnosis of ADHD, discussion of psychosocial
alternatives and the effects of psychostimulant treatment.]]></description>
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