I heard this story on NPR yesterday morning and thought that it could be used as a nice introduction to some of the controversies surrounding the new edition of the DSM or even a class discussion about the definition of a psychological disorders. The story discusses diagnosing "grief reactions" as a depression.
"The DSM committee removed the bereavement exclusion - a small, almost footnote at the bottom of the section that describes the symptoms of major depression - from the manual." The title of the piece - "Is Emotional Pain Necessary?" http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128874986&ps=cprs <http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128874986&ps=cprs> tiny http://tinyurl.com/2g7yc22 <http://tinyurl.com/2g7yc22> Dennis ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------ Dennis M. Goff Charles A. Dana Professor of Psychology Department of Psychology Randolph College (Founded as Randolph-Macon Woman's College in 1891) Lynchburg VA 24503 [email protected] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=3949 or send a blank email to leave-3949-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
