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Psychiatric Labeling: A Modern Day Crime

By Jennifer Gaita Siciliano | May 20, 2016 |

We Are Not Behavior Alone In 1994, I was labeled with bipolar disorder. I always hated to divulge this juicy nugget of info to doctors or budding friends, and I never revealed it to employers. By sharing this label I was submitting to society’s stigma and thwarted conclusion of what everyone felt this “illness” actually…

Biological Psychology: Stealing the Mysteries of Our Futures…

By Jennifer Gaita Siciliano | January 21, 2015 |

The Biomedical Model Let us ring in the new year with the latest scientific discovery. Last week science writer, Jenny Chen, writes an article in The Atlantic, “Childhood Guilt, Adult Depression?” and within days links and commentary were published all over the web. Prominent news sites like the Chicago Sun-Times, International Psychologists, and…