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Childhood ‘Mental Disorders’ According to the CDC

May 27, 2013 By Phil Hickey |

BACKGROUND On May 17, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a report titled Mental Health Surveillance Among Children – United States, 2005-2011.  The CDC is based in Atlanta, Georgia and is a part of the US Department of Health and Human Services. The CDC’s report runs to 40 pages, including tables and… Continue Reading

DSM: The Big Lie

May 26, 2013 By Phil Hickey |

There’s a very interesting article by Kyle Arnold on DxSummit.org.  It’s titled DSM: Letting Go of the Big Lie. Here are two quotes: “The lie is that we have succeeded in domesticating emotional suffering, that we have placed it in a grid with clear and familiar boundaries. The lie is that we know the line… Continue Reading

Where Do We Go From Here?

May 20, 2013 By Phil Hickey |

Peter Kinderman, PhD, published a very interesting post on May 15.  It’s called So…What Happens Next?  You can see it here.  Dr. Kinderman is a former chairperson of the BPS’s Division of Clinical Psychology.  That’s the same DCP that recently criticized psychiatric diagnoses and called for a paradigm shift.  Here are some quotes from the… Continue Reading

Different Perspectives

May 17, 2013 By Phil Hickey |

On June 1, 2012, I wrote a post titled There Are No Mental Illnesses. Yesterday a comment came in on this post.  Here’s a quote: “When my brother was thirty years old, he started to see objects, which was far away, like hawk. His “mind” wanted to understand it, so he started to think he… Continue Reading

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