If I had just lost my child and I had this jackass telling me I had a mental disorder, at least I would get the pleasure of punching his lights out without being held accountable. After all, I hadn't got my meds yet :)
--Mike On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 2:12 PM, drnanjo <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I just read the story. It is even more outrageous when they suggest that the > grieving for the loss of a child - the worst possible lost, made even harder > in modern times when so few of us experience it (so more isolating than ever > in an already death denying culture) - is more like a treatable illness than > a normal reaction. > > Two modern cultural themes emerge of course - fear of being sued ("I'd > rather call it depression...") and of course the gigantic gold mine that > labeling more and more of the colorful, unsettling and some times deeply > painful emotional states that comprise a full life has become to psychiatry > and the pharmaceutical industry. > I have become more and more comfortable in my lectures criticizing the > unscientific and shoddy construction of the DSM. And teaching the views of > Szasz as serious insights and not the rantings of a fringe dweller. > > When we are happy all the time, no one will be happy anymore. > > Nancy Melucci > Long Beach City Colleg > Long Beach CA > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dennis Goff <[email protected]> > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > <[email protected]> > Sent: Tue, Aug 3, 2010 6:52 am > Subject: [tips] DSM and grieving > > > 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 > tiny 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=12993.aba36cc3760e0b1c6a655f019a68b878&n=T&l=tips&o=3949 > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > or send a blank email to > leave-3949-12993.aba36cc3760e0b1c6a655f019a68b...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13541.42a7e8017ab9578358f118300f4720fb&n=T&l=tips&o=3957 > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > > or send a blank email to > leave-3957-13541.42a7e8017ab9578358f118300f472...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- 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=3958 or send a blank email to leave-3958-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
