With Nearly 5 Million U.S. Children on ADHD Drugs, Doctors Finally Express “Concern”
By Kelly Patricia O’Meara November 25, 2013 Recently published research in the British Medical Journal says doctors are concerned that children may be receiving an…
Tag Archives: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of mental disorders
LA Times—Bad Behavior Isn’t an Illness
The manual that psychiatrists use to diagnose mental disorders is too quick to classify moral lapses as full-blown pathologies. The Los Angeles Times – November…
How Zealous Psychiatrists are Diagnosing Quirks as Mental Illnesses
South China Morning Post – October 28, 2013 By David Wilson Today it seems that almost everyone is certifiably mad. According to critics, amateur and…
Psychiatry gets under the skin
LIFE is arduous, no doubt. And for some all the effort steers only a course to the doldrums. But do we suffer more now than in previous times?
‘Unspecified Mental Disorder’? That’s Crazy
The American Psychiatric Association released a revision of its diagnostic bible in May, the first major rewrite in two decades.