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New York Magazine: Shrink Revolt—The controversy over psychiatric diagnoses and the DSM continues

Two Jews may, as the saying goes, have three opinions, but that appears to be a fairly modest ratio when compared with psychiatrists. It was inevitable that revisions to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders would invite controversy—it’s the classic reference work for mental-health professionals, and a convenient field guide to understanding crazy exes for the rest of us—but even the American Psychiatric Association, which first appointed the work groups to update the text two years ago, couldn’t have predicted the squabbles now under way.

Psychology Today: Study shows patient side effects from psychiatric drugs 20 times higher than their psychiatrists report

A stunning disconnect between psychiatrists and their patients. The average number of side effects reported by the patients on the TSES [Toronto Side Effects Scale] was 20 times (!) higher than the number recorded by the psychiatrist.

Psychiatric Drugging of Infants and Toddlers—The U. S. has become the psychiatric drugging capital of the world

The United States has become the psychiatric drugging capital of the world for kids with children being medicated at a younger and younger age. Medicaid records in some states show infants less than a year old on drugs for mental disorders.

Former Chairman of Psychiatry’s Billing Bible (DSM) is now basically saying what we’ve said for decades—The DSM is bogus

DSM5 first went wrong because of excessive ambition; then stayed wrong because of its disorganized methods and its lack of caution. Its excessive and elusive ambition was to aim at a “paradigm shift”. Work groups were instructed to think creatively, that everything was on the table. Accordingly, and not surprisingly, they came up with numerous pet suggestions that had in common a wide expansion of the diagnostic system – stretching the ever elastic concept of mental disorder. Their combined suggestions would redefine tens of millions of people who previously were considered normal and hundreds of thousands who were previously considered criminal or delinquent.

Australian of the Year, psychiatrist Patrick McGorry’s pre drugging agenda comes under fire from fellow psychiatrist

Patrick McGorry claims that early intervention for psychosis has much better outcomes in terms of return to work and quality of life, but his own data in a Schizophrenia Bulletin paper last year show no significant differences.