On 22 May, the American Psychiatric Association (APA) published DSM-5, the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, after months, perhaps even years, of speculation about its contents.
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration categorizes Adderall in the same highly addictive class as cocaine, opium and morphine (whether its ‘prescribed’ by a doctor—or not.)
Back in caveman days I understand that women were sent to the woods during their time of the month. Those insensitive cavemen. Actually, cavemen fare pretty well compared to modern psychiatrists.
Prescriptions for some of the most powerful psychiatric drugs on the market — so-called “second-generation” antipsychotics, or SGAs — to youth aged 18 and under increased 18-fold in British Columbia alone between 1996 and 2011.
Professor’s invitation to give prestigious lecture in London causes outrage among peers.
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