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Theories on conduct disorders THEN vs.NOW?
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 85326" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Like adults with mental illness, children who were "different" were stashed away. I well remember a little girl who was "mentally retarded" as it was called back then being sent to a home. She only surfaced for holidays and was usually hidden inside and her sister and brother never talked about her. Even worse (gasp) she had SEIZURES, and I'm not quite sure why you were supposed to hide that, but this family did. My mom told me about this little girl in whispers and made me swear never to tell anyone about her because she's a secret. We've come a long way. We have a long way still to go. I personally don't feel anything has changed at all other than recognition that mental illness/differences are not the parent's fault, are nothing shameful, can be inherited, and are largely genetic. And things are far more out in the open. Also, treatment options are better, although far from perfect.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 85326, member: 1550"] Like adults with mental illness, children who were "different" were stashed away. I well remember a little girl who was "mentally retarded" as it was called back then being sent to a home. She only surfaced for holidays and was usually hidden inside and her sister and brother never talked about her. Even worse (gasp) she had SEIZURES, and I'm not quite sure why you were supposed to hide that, but this family did. My mom told me about this little girl in whispers and made me swear never to tell anyone about her because she's a secret. We've come a long way. We have a long way still to go. I personally don't feel anything has changed at all other than recognition that mental illness/differences are not the parent's fault, are nothing shameful, can be inherited, and are largely genetic. And things are far more out in the open. Also, treatment options are better, although far from perfect. [/QUOTE]
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