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Summary: Eye-opening Expose'
Review: I was unable to put this book down; finished it in five sittings. This should be mandatory reading for all teachers, therapists and medical professionals, and students in these fields. While the media, the industry and classroom messages insist we are suffering from biochemically-induced mental illness, Dr. Whitfield has pulled together overwhelming research indicating that it was our childhood traumas that set the stage for anxiety, depression and other disorders that overtake us later in life. Besides the inherent value of knowing the truth, the other benefit of reading this book is that it points the way to truly healing our mental health. Statistically we know that a third of girls and a sixth of boys are sexually molested by age eighteen. Dr. Whitfield explains the psychological and physiological results of that trauma, as well as the trauma resulting from physical and emotional abuse, and neglect. Collectively, we as adults are at risk of mental health problems stemming from our unacknowledged, untreated and ungrieved childhood trauma. The Truth about Mental Illness proves this, and explains how we can recover. It also explains why we as a society, and as individuals, must stop the cycle of abuse and trauma, in order to avoid handing down the same disorders and illnesses to our children. This is compelling reading that is straightforward and palatable to lay persons such as myself. Hopefully, this will reach a wide audience and create an open dialog about the truth about the human condition. As Dr. Whitfield states that truth is not as advertised!
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