Dr. Liane Leedom at a Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy conference.

Why does the silent treatment hurt so much? Why does the end of a relationship feel like withdrawal? What is cognitive dissonance? Why do targets of sociopaths lose the ability to think? In part 1 of this interview, Dr. Liane Leedom, a psychiatrist and professor at the University of Bridgeport, explains the effects of extreme relationship stress.

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lleedom@bridgeport.edu

See Dr. Liane Leedom’s work on Researchgate. 

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