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Title: um....isn't this abuse??
Review: As I sat reading this book, I was seriously sickened by what Augusten went through (if in fact true) and the lack of a response from the system regarding what can only be described as utter abuse and neglect. Whomever that psychiatrist is, well, he clearly shouldn't be in the field given his own mental instability and poor judgement.As a therapist (social worker) whose clinical work has focused on and specialized in treating trauma and sexual abuse, I just can't see this book as funny. It's nearly nauseating, thinking about what the family went through. That Augusten came out alive is a testament to his strength, but to see this book in a comedic light is just impossible for me to do.
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