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Affluenza: A New Mental Illness?

January 10, 2014 By Phil Hickey |

A short editorial piece by James Bradshaw in the current issue (Jan/Feb) of the National Psychologist discusses the trial of a 16-year-old male who killed four people and severely injured two others while driving under the influence of Valium (diazepam) and alcohol.  He had stolen the alcohol from a store earlier, and his blood alcohol… Continue Reading

A Compelling Critique of Psychiatric ‘Diagnosis’

December 30, 2013 By Phil Hickey |

I have just read a very interesting and insightful article on this topic.  It’s called After DSM-5: A Critical Mental Health Research Agenda for the 21st Century.  It was written by Jeffrey Lacasse, PhD, and is a guest editorial published in Research on Social Work Practice. Here are some quotes: “At times, it has seemed… Continue Reading

DSM-5 – Dimensional Diagnoses – More Conflicts of Interest?

December 23, 2013 By Phil Hickey |

BACKGROUND On November 20, JAMA Psychiatry (formerly Archives of General Psychiatry) published an interesting letter.  It was headed: Failure to Report Financial Disclosure Information,  and was signed by Robert D. Gibbons PhD, David J Weiss PhD, Paul A. Pilkonis PhD, Ellen Frank, PhD , and David J. Kupfer MD. The letter is an apology for… Continue Reading

The Allen Frances – Lucy Johnstone Debate

November 1, 2013 By Phil Hickey |

On October 28, Allen Frances, MD, Chairperson of the DSM-IV task force, published an article on Psychology Today.  It is titled Does It Make Sense To Scrap Psychiatric Diagnosis? and is essentially a response to the British Psychological Society’s Division of Clinical Psychology’s (DCP) call to abandon the medical model in situations where it is… Continue Reading

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