De-Medicalizing Misery, edited by Mark Rapley, Joanna Moncrieff, and Jacqui Dillon This book is a collection of papers by various authors, most of whom have experience working with clients and are also associated with prestigious British universities. Here are some quotes: “The architects of modern biological psychiatry have constructed a system that does little… Continue Reading
Histrionic Personality Disorder is not an Illness
A few days ago it was reported in the media that the defense lawyers representing Jerry Sandusky, the football coach accused of sexually molesting young boys, plan to present evidence that he has histrionic personality disorder, and to argue that this should be accepted as a mitigating factor. The logic here is sound. Most jurisdictions… Continue Reading
There are No Mental Illnesses
I have been writing this blog for the past three years. The primary concepts are scattered throughout the blog, and I thought it might be helpful to draw together the essential underlying concepts in one post. Some of this repeats material covered under the individual “diagnoses,” and for this I apologize to my regular readers,… Continue Reading
More Cracks in the Sandcastle
Christopher Lane has a post up on Psychology Today (May 14 2012) called: DSM-5 Is Diagnosed, With a Stinging Rebuke to the APA. About a year ago, the APA announced the new “diagnoses” that they proposed to include in the upcoming DSM-5. This kind of expansion is nothing new. The APA has been engaged in… Continue Reading
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