Word: blamed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...autistic children to his home, convinced that their real parents were "killing them." Even John Rosen believed that his belligerent methods of "shock therapy" could jolt his patients into reality. But the progeny of these psychotherapists' "good intentions" was not a new cure--only a new method for assigning blame...
...were "psychotic-inducing" with the capriciousness that designers of their same era changed hemlines, their theories always retained one constant: the mother was at fault each time. Mainstream thinking dictated that "mechanized and maladroit" (so called "refridgerator" mothers) produced autistic and schizophrenic children. Other Rosen-type psychoanalysts would also blame the victims and their weakness to fend madness off. But there were no statistics, let alone control groups to back such theories. Often, all these psychotherapists relied upon was the "power" of empirical observation. One psychiatric duo, Maurice Green and David Scheter, came to the conclusion that the mothers...
...between 10,000 and 14,000 families stand to lose benefits, one of the earliest deadlines in the nation. Participants in the forum were quick to blame those in power for their expediency...
Brown University's endowment has decreased by 10.3 percent from June to August. Mark Nickel, a spokesperson for the school, says Brown investors blame the decline partly on the funds that the school has put in emerging markets...
...think this [case] is a little extreme," she said. "It is pretty hard to blame the whole institution for a personal act of harassment...