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Expert: - 10/31/2007


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can any mental health problems happen from being sexaully abused more then once as a young girl and being raped more then once as a adult?what if any mental health issues can happen

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Hi carrie,

This is difficult to answer as you have not give any details as to what mental health problems you are alluding to.  Sexual abuse as a child can contribute to a stressful life, but most people with good health do seem to overcome this. If you have a bad health, the body might have problems producing feel good neuro chemicals and then you will experience emotional upsets, that your mind may related to past bad experiences.  But psychotherapy that I teach always operates in the here and now. There are factor at work that can be dealt with in the here-and-now without having to deal with past bad experiences.

A case in point is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) which an be dealt with by treating ongoing metabolic disorders.

See:

“Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Hypoglycemia”
http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au/articles/PTStress.html

If Bipolar Disorder is thought to aggravate the PTSD, the it means that the Bipolar Disorder is not properly treated. I suggest you discuss this with your doctor.

Also read:

Principles of Psychonutritional Therapy at:
http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au/psychotherapy/principles.html

as to my approach to most mood disorders.

I hop I have been helpful.

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Jurriaan Plesman BA (Psych) Post Grad Dip Clin Nutr
Editor of
The Hypoglycemic Health Association of Australia.
www.hypoglycemia.asn.au
Author of "Getting off the Hook"
Freely available at Google Book Search

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Jurriaan Plesman, Nutritional Psychotherapist

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Have worked as a psychotherapist for overv twenty years, dealing with many personality disorders

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I have a degree in Psychology from the Sydney University and a Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Nutrition. I am also the author of “GETTING OFF THE HOOK” which deals with the nutritional and psychological treatment of personality disorders. It is freely available on the internet at Google Book Search. I am interested in the relationship between nutrition and behaviour, and as a Probation ans Parole Officer facilitated groups for offenders, many of whom were alcoholics and drug addicts, sex offenders or compulsive gamblers, as well as the whole gamut of “personality disorders”. I am also the ex-editor of the Hypoglycemic Health Association of Australia Newsletter, a quarterly publication dealing with hypoglycemia and related health problems. Its web site, together with a shortened course of PSYCHOTHERAPY can be visited at: http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au

Organizations
Editor of the Hypoglycemic Health Association of Australia. Its web site is at:

http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au

Publications
Author of the book "Getting off the Hook", It is freely available on the internet at Google Book Search. Various articles in the Hypoglycemic Health Association's Newsletters

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BA (Psych) (University of Sydney), Post Gad Dip Clin Nutr (International Academy of Nutrition)

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