Documentry on BBC Radio 4 last year discussed the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders , it's no longer available but this is the release from it. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00kf117
The Diagnostic And Statistical Manual Of Mental Health Disorders (DSM) is currently being revised. It has a huge influence, not only in the United States where it is published by the American Psychiatric Association (APA), but globally. In Britain, most psychiatrists would not get their work published if they did not follow the DSM diagnostic guidelines. Panellists are selected by the APA. Its critics say the manual provides an invaluable service for the drug industry by defining new conditions for which new drugs can be marketed. Previous editions have been heavily criticised for a lack of transparency between the panel members and pharmaceutical companies. But the last edition was published in the Nineties and the APA says that things have changed since then and that this time it will be different. Members of the panel have to declare their interests and there is a limit to the amount they can earn from outside interests. Also under review is the “Chinese Menu” aspect of its diagnostic criteria and the sheer number of conditions it includes. Many British psychiatrists are concerned about the prospect of bipolar disease in children being added to the next edition – not least because the drugs used to treat the disorder have serious side effects. For the fifth edition, new conditions under consideration include shopping addiction, internet addiction and sex addiction. Rewriting The Psychiatrist’s Bible investigates whether the APA’s new transparency policy goes far enough and whether real conditions are being medicalised or just traits of human personality. On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 12:17 AM, michael gurstein <[email protected]>wrote: > Don't let it go to your head... Or maybe that's exactly what you should be > doing... > > M > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Alan Sondheim > Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2011 2:56 PM > To: NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity > Subject: Re: [NetBehaviour] Narcissism normalised. > > > > > I don't know, but this certainly makes ME feel better, in fact, better > than most of us combined! > > > On Sun, 9 Jan 2011, marc garrett wrote: > > > Narcissism normalised. > > > > "Recently a NYTimes (http://is.gd/i3Cj9) article announced that > > narcissism is being deleted from the tomb for psychiatric disorders. > > Narcissism will not appear in the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and > > Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (due out in 2013, and known as > > DSM-5). What happens when what was once morally objectionable > > behaviour ( egotism, vanity, conceit, selfishness) is no longer a > > 'legitimate' social deviance? Is narcissism now so deeply embedded in > > the collective psyche that it is now 'normal'? Is this the ultimate > > end of the neo-liberal exhalation of the individual, celebrity > > culture, a century's worth of advertising and the corporatisation of > > everyday life?" http://ecolabs.posterous.com/narcissism-normalized > > _______________________________________________ > > NetBehaviour mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > > > > > > == > email archive: http://sondheim.rupamsunyata.org/ > webpage http://www.alansondheim.org > music archive: http://www.espdisk.com/alansondheim/ > current text http://www.alansondheim.org/qv.txt > == > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >
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