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Affluent Neglect

Society expresses great concern for poor, underserved children and the increased likelihood they may lack access to health care and education, or that they may turn to drugs or crime in adulthood. Less attention is paid to children of affluent parents who have their own set of problems. Emotional neglect often goes unnoticed or unreported, which may…

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What is Dialectical Behavior Therapy?

Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), developed by Marsha Linehan, Ph. in the 1980s, is a type of talk therapy originally designed for high-risk, suicidal people diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. Today, DBT is used to treat people struggling with a range of complex and intense emotions, including substance abuse and addiction, PTSD, bipolar disorder, eating disorders,…

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The Pandemic-Push: Why are so Many People Suddenly Buying Prescription Drugs Online?

Prescription-med sales skyrocket due to the pandemic, but when does use become abuse? Paracelsus Recovery’s experts weigh in. More and more people are illegally purchasing prescription medication such as anxiety or sleeping pills online as the pandemic takes its toll on our wellbeing. The pandemic has left a mental health crisis in its wake. Rates…

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What is Narcissism?

On Wednesday, Harvey Weinstein’s 23-year prison-sentence marked a historic moment. Because many have called him a narcissistic, Paracelsus Recovery explains what narcissism actually is. Narcissism is a highly complex personality disorder (NPD). A personality disorder is a type of mental illness that leads an individual to have a distorted pattern of thinking and relating to reality. In…

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The Guardian – ‘One billionaire at a time’: inside the Swiss clinics where the super-rich go for rehab

One of the most common questions we get asked is: what makes therapy for the ultra-wealthy and super-famous different from regular therapy? We spent two days with Sophie Elmhirst for The Guardian to answer that question.

Sophie’s long-read piece provides a poignant insight into the ‘history of healing’ that saturates Zurich and how our CEO, Jan Gerber, along with his mother, Dr. Christine Merzeder, our senior clinical coordinator, and others came to form the single-client rehab (the ‘one client at a time’ model), which has quickly spread across the globe.

Sophie’s article is honest, insightful, and a poignant overview of how Paracelsus Recovery has forged the way for a new ‘micro-industry' of ultra-exclusive mental health treatment, catered to the needs of the ultra-wealthy, which we understand as a marginalised group.

This is an article not to be missed. That’s why you can find the full piece --> here

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