The current issue of the National Psychologist (July/August 2012) has an interesting article about the impending introduction in Australia of mental health checks for three-year-olds. The examinations are part of a nationwide, government-funded program called Healthy Kids Check. (Doesn’t that sound good?) The program, which will be voluntary, is supported by the Australian Medical Association…. Continue Reading
Archives for July 2012
Article by Bruce Thyer PhD
I came across an interesting article the other day. It Is Time to Rename the DSM, by Bruce A. Thyer, PhD, Florida State University, Ethical Human Psychology and Psychiatry, Vol 8, No. 1, Spring 2006 Dr. Thyer points out that although the DSM claims to be atheoretical, its contention that the various “mental illnesses” reside… Continue Reading