Info Document Actions Print this The published this column just two days before a peaceful protest — Sat., 5 May 2012 — of American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting in Philadelphia. See links at bottom of text to comment, and how YOU can support the protest of psychiatry’s ‘label bible’ wherever you live! This Weekend, Philadelphians…
Info Document Actions Print this Psychologist Paula Caplan skewers psychiatry’s newest “Label Bible.” Here is a WASHINGTON POST opinion piece by author and clinical psychologist Paula Caplan, PhD, highly critical of psychiatry’s latest “Diagnostic and Statistical Manual.” Please forward. At end is link to register on Washington Post site and comment. Psychiatry’s bible, the DSM,…
Info Document Actions Print this The well-respected UK newspaper The Guardian published this piece criticizing the over-use of psychiatric labeling, and the way the process is “medicalizing” what is considered “normal.” The Mental Illness Industry Is Medicalising Normality Date Published: Sep 06, 2011 12:00 AM Author: Lisa Appignanesi Source: The Guardian, UK A Reading…
Info Stung by criticism, even from their own ranks, the American Psychiatric Association is holding a second round of public comments via a web site. What Internet When Jun 15, 2011 from 12:05 AM to 11:55 PM Where web Attendees All Add event to calendar vCal iCal The American Psychiatric Association is again asking…
Info Document Actions Print this The American Psychiatric Association currently excludes people who have had a death of a loved one from being diagnosed with “depression” in the short term. For the APA’s next edition of their ‘label bible’ — called the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual — they are considering eliminating this exclusion. In other…
Info Information about American Psychiatric Association Fifth Try at Diagnostic and Statistical Manual The American Psychiatric Association is attempting to update what is considered their “label bible” of psychiatric diagnoses, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual. The APA is planning to create a “DSM 5.” MindFreedom is calling on a halt on the process and a…
Info Document Actions Print this The New York Times covers the mysterious creation of the fifth version of the “label bible” of the American Psychiatric Association, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manuarl (DSM). Psychiatrist Darrel A. Regier is in charge of the process, and has chosen to keep the process secret, even though the DSM has…
Info Dr. Darrel A. Regier is co-chairman of a panel compiling the latest Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. He has chosen to keep the process for the new version secret. (Photograph by Brendan Smialowski for The New York Times) Click to view full-size image… — Size: 52.5 kB Document Actions Print this
Info Diagnostic and Statistical Manual Five American Psychiatric Association is — behind closed doors — preparing the latest version of their “label bible,” the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual or DSM. Psychiatrist Darrel A. Regier is in charge of creating the new DSM Dr. Darrel A. Regier is co-chairman of a panel…
Info It is helpful to use other phrases for people who have in the past been described as “mentally ill.” This is a living essay, and the author updates it periodically. If you have any feedback or suggestions let the author know c/o the MindFreedom office. [Modified 8/28/12.] Let’s Find Language More Inclusive Than…