Re:Me and Monotropism: A unified theory of autism (2018)
by tgv on Friday July 22, 2022 @01:14PM
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That's because it falls in the trap of trying to explain a rather large set of vague symptoms (not causes, mind you) which has been put under the label 'autism' with one single factor, which is not even properly defined. But hey, it has a fancy new word!
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Re:Me and Monotropism: A unified theory of autism (2018)
by kayodelycaon on Friday July 22, 2022 @03:32PM
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This also happens with ADHD. There are 3 "types" but last I checked, I think there were believed to be 6 distinct disorders or underlying problems under those labels. You could have one or more of them.
Psychology has come a long way in the last few decades but it still has a long way to go.
Re:Me and Monotropism: A unified theory of autism (2018)
by tgv on Saturday July 23, 2022 @08:08AM
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I'm actually not sure psychology has come a long way in the last decades. There's a ton of research, but almost all of it is simply wrong. Treatment hasn't progressed. The only new, somewhat successful therapy I know of is EMDR, and that's been overblown quite a bit. The rest was already around in the 1990s, and CBT is even older.