Body Dysmorphic Disorder is one of the so-called mental disorders listed in the DSM-5. The manual lists the following diagnostic criteria, (p 242): A. Preoccupation with one or more perceived defects or flaws in physical appearance that are not observable or appear slight to others. B. At some point during the course of the disorder,… Continue Reading
Archives for March 2015
Why Is There An Anti-psychiatry Movement?
On February 18, the eminent psychiatrist Jeffrey Lieberman, MD, former President of the APA, published a video and transcript on Medscape. The article was titled What Does the New York Times Have Against Psychiatry?, and was essentially a fatuous diatribe against Tanya Lurhmann, PhD, a Stanford anthropologist, who had written for the New York Times… Continue Reading
The Drugging of Children in Foster Care
It’s no secret that here in America, foster children are being prescribed psychiatric drugs, especially neuroleptics, as a means of controlling their behavior. A great deal has been said and written on the matter. Politicians have declared the practice deplorable. Children’s advocacy groups have expressed concern, and, of course, those of us in the antipsychiatry… Continue Reading
Polarization or Compromise
On February 2, Robert Whitaker published an article on Mad in America. The title is Disability and Mood Disorders in the Age of Prozac. The article echoes and updates one of the themes of his 2010 book “Anatomy of an Epidemic”: that the steady increase in the numbers of people receiving disability benefits for depression… Continue Reading