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[resonant]

The spouse reconnected with his former therapist via Facebook instant messaging this weekend. They got to talking about current events.

"I counseled a member of a neo-Nazi group once," the therapist said.

"Did you learn anything useful about the movement?"

"This particular fellow was a victim of childhood sexual abuse. I think that was the root of his rage," the therapist said.

It makes me wonder how things would be different if American mental health care were in better shape.

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[dira]

This reminds me a lot of Johann Hari's book, Chasing the Scream, about the war on drugs and the nature of addiction--the strongest risk factor for developing a substance misuse problem is a prior trauma and social isolation. So if we spent a tenth of what we spend on drug enforcement on social workers...