Kelly Neill wrote: I sort of shudder when anyone mentions the DSM, which in 1952 contained 106 disorders, now contains around 300, so that an estimated half of the population has at least one disorder. -Do you have difficulty sleeping after drinking coffee? Its not your fault you gulped down that Red Bull just before hitting the sack. You are afflicted by 292.89 - Caffeine-Induced Sleep Disorder F15.8. -Think your brother is an asshole when he gets drunk on Thanksgiving and starts one of his political rants? Youve got V61.8 - Sibling Relational Problem F93.3. - Math homework got you down? You might have 315.1 - Mathematics Disorder F81.2. Just be careful not to confuse this with a V62.3- Academic Problem Z55.8. If things are OK in the math department, but you are a teen experiencing uncertainty about life goals and career preferences, then you’re dealing with 313.82 - Identity Problem F93.8. - Sad because someone you cared about has died? See V62.82 - Bereavement. Theyve removed the two-month exclusion, so your mental illness commences at the first expression of grief over a loved ones passing. And so it goes. As there are no biological markers for the vast majority of the conditions listed in the DSM, their inclusion in the manual is *voted* upon by a roomful of psychiatrists, many of whom have ties to pharma. So dont you worry, nutnuts. Whatever youve got, theres a pill for it. Imagine if the rest of medicine worked the same way - if all it took was self- or other- (subjective) reporting of symptoms - in the absence of biological markers - to confirm a diagnosis and to begin drug therapy for cancer or heart disease or diabetes. ;-)
Posted on: Wed, 02 Apr 2014 15:14:28 +0000
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