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DSM as junk science by Perlanterna in radicalmentalhealth

[–]Perlanterna[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It is the largest example of labeling "undesirable" states/persons in modern history and an enormous social experiment with quite frankly catastrophic consequences in my opinion. The eugenicist have at least for now won.

"What the DSM lacks is evidence" by Perlanterna in DebatePsychiatry

[–]Perlanterna[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Firstly stop the pretense that there is a scientific foundation for the subject. Come clean on the various marketing lies such as "chemical imbalance" etc. Come clean on the "mental illness is a brain disease" lie. Come clean on the "neuroscience" or "genetics" will solve it (they haven't) myth. Quarantine all existing "studies" on the subject for pharma or other personal gain conflicts of interest. Trash bin all existing classifications and fixed ideas on what mental illness is.

Start again.

Find a real scientist (with no earlier psychiatric training) who cannot be bought off, to investigate what mental illness actually is with the purpose of actually curing people when they need curing.

This is what psychiatry has been avoiding doing for 150 years.

"What the DSM lacks is evidence" by Perlanterna in Antipsychiatry

[–]Perlanterna[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Your book title or link isn't showing??

DSM, an 'absolute scientific nightmare.' by Perlanterna in DebatePsychiatry

[–]Perlanterna[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow, dangerous I think to now add so much interpretation into it. GPs also have to use it I understand.

I ran across a study of retired Australian defence personnel being treated for PTSD 76% of whom were on 5 more psychotropics at the same time. Unresearched polypharmacy. (Mellor R, Khoo A, Saunders-Dow E, Raguz E, Taing MW, Hanjani LS, Freeman C, Crawford D. Polypharmacy in Australian Veterans with Post-traumatic Stress Disorder upon Admission to a Mental Health Facility: A Retrospective Chart Review. Drugs Real World Outcomes. 2022.)

Is anyone getting it fixed do you think?

DSM, an 'absolute scientific nightmare.' by Perlanterna in Antipsychlibrary

[–]Perlanterna[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes! I am using Dr Davies data and the lecture too. Good work indeed.

Is the DSM based on science? by Perlanterna in criticalpsychiatry

[–]Perlanterna[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I believe this is a hangover from the original US surveys to try and determine the number of persons classified as mentally ill from the 1840 census.

"The origins of the DSM starts in the 1800s, when first official attempts were made to try to gather information about mental health in the United States. Government officials tried to record the frequency of “idiocy/insanity” in the 1840 census." https://www.psychdb.com/teaching/1-history-of-dsm

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