Some British psychiatrists are going to war with some British psychologists, suggests an article by Jamie Doward in The Observer. The article sports this headline, subheadline, and first paragraphs: Psychiatrists under fire in mental health battle British Psychological Society to launch attack on rival profession, casting doubt on biomedical model of mental illness There is no […]
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No words: Oppositional Defiant Disorder
Will anyone be angry, irritable, annoyed or defiant enough to oppose this proposed revision to the DSM (The American Psychiatric Association‘s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders? Q 00 Oppositional Defiant Disorder Proposed Revision A. A persistent pattern of angry and irritable mood along with defiant and vindictive behavior as evidenced by four (or more) of […]
Psychiatrists devise a new sanity test
The Royal College of Psychiatrists has devised what appears to be a new kind of sanity test. They use it it to assess (and perhaps subtly educate) non-psychiatrists who believe, in the face of daunting evidence, that they ought to become psychiatrists. A February 17, 2009 Guardian article explains: The UK’s psychiatric training college charges […]