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NAARC White Paper Series — No. 1 · Interactive Model

One driver. Twelve systems. Zero coordination.

The NAARC causal model maps how coercive control generates moral injury and chronic stress, flows through institutional misidentification and betrayal, and fans out to every downstream outcome — while fragmented policy responds to each in isolation. Click any node to explore.

Published May 21, 2026  ·  NAARC — Narcissistic Abuse Awareness and Recovery Coalition  ·  naarc.ca

Coercive control pathway
Biological stress pathway
Institutional failure
Fatal outcomes
Solution
Coercive control Cross-context relational domination PMIEs generated Betrayal, entrapment, identity violation Moral injury Dysregulation, rumination RIC stress Cortisol, HPA-axis, inflammation Misidentification Trauma read as instability Institutional betrayal Secondary PMIE generator Amplifies all branches Suicide risk PMIEs predict above PTSD Child harm Neurodevelopment, attachment Substance abuse Chronic disease Cardiac, autoimmune, metabolic Post-sep abuse Productivity loss Disability, job loss Social isolation Suicide risk multiplier Fragmented policy response 12 systems, 1 driver, 0 coordination Integrated intervention needed Relational safety as public health

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