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Asperger's/PDD

elleng

(130,865 posts) Fri Jan 20, 2012, 06:03 PM Jan 2012

A French Film Takes Issue With the Psychoanalytic Approach to Autism.

Holy S***, French still doing the Bettelheim crap!

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/20/health/film-about-treatment-of-autism-strongly-criticized-in-france.html?src=recg

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A French Film Takes Issue With the Psychoanalytic Approach to Autism. (Original Post) elleng Jan 2012 OP

Europe is pretty backward when it comes to mental health, I've noticed. Odin2005 Feb 2012 #1

I had no idea. elleng Feb 2012 #2

Odin2005

(53,521 posts)

1. Europe is pretty backward when it comes to mental health, I've noticed.

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Sat Feb 4, 2012, 11:00 PM

Feb 2012

I think it is because psychoanalytic woo-woo has had much more influence on Europe than it did in the US, it's quite popular over there while it's rightfully considered BS here.

elleng

(130,865 posts)

2. I had no idea.

Reply to Odin2005 (Reply #1)

Sat Feb 4, 2012, 11:35 PM

Feb 2012

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