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This page is partly for announcing things in the news which the general, as yet to be psychiatrized, public usually does not see as these things do not often make the front pages like the ideas which promote bio psych more often do.
It will also offer some information about what bio psych is up to and why all of us should be paying attention to this for these things are also about the future of the 'yet to be' psychiatrized people.
I do not intend to keep this news updated though but will occasionally post one or two articles only on the same topic or case. This will give those interested in the outcomes some information to 'Google' or "Bing" if you would like to learn more.
There are many sites now keeping up with these things so they should be quite easy to find.
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Disclaimer:
The opinions expressed by the individual writers on Psych Box/Psych Watch do not necessarily represent those of the Site Owner. This page is dedicated to the free expression of personal experience within the parameters of my Mission Statement. This page is to be taken as the opinions of others, many of them based on each ones personal experience. It is not recommended by me to be taken as advice, or direction, on whch anyone should act without questioning the content. If you make the choice to act on the opinions of others, please proceed with the utmost of caution and be prepared to accept responsibility for your own actions.
I repeat again; I am NOT a medical professional or mental health expert. I am an ex mental patient and psychiatric survivour, one who believes also from experience that 'bio-psych' is the wrong way to go.
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FAIR USE NOTICE:
This may contain copyrighted (© ) material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. Such material is made available for educational purposes, to advance understanding of human rights, democracy, scientific, moral, ethical, and social justice issues, etc. It is believed that this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in Title 17 U.S.C. section 107 of the US Copyright Law. This material is distributed without profit.
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Formerly, when religion was strong and science weak, men mistook magic for medicine; now, when science is strong and religion weak, men mistake medicine for magic.
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DSM-5: The Future of Psychiatric Diagnosis
Publication of the fifth edition of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) in May 2013 will mark one the most anticipated events in the mental health field. As part of the development process, the preliminary draft revisions to the current diagnostic criteria for psychiatric diagnoses are now available for public review and comment. We thank you for your interest in DSM-5 and hope that you use this opportunity not only to learn more about the proposed changes in DSM-5, but also about its history, its impact, and its developers. Please continue to check this site for updates to criteria and for more information about the development process.
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The American Psychiatric Association has stayed closed for years about
creating a fifth version of their "label bible." Because of internal
disagreements, the APA postponed their publishing date of the
"Diagnostic and Statistical Manual - Fifth Edition" or DSM-5, to May
2013.
In response to claims that their process lacked transparency, the APA
has had a web site up for public comments about the draft DSM 5.
But infighting continues. The chair of the previous edition denounced
the online draft of DSM 5 as "wholesale medical imperialism, " in the
LA Times! See:
http://bit.ly/ dsm-5-frances
And now you only have days to get in on their fun!
ACTION: Lodge a civil, public objection to the APA on their very own
web site about the unscientific, undemocratic DSM. Call for
Congressional hearings about harm caused by psychiatric labeling.
It takes just a moment to register and comment, here:
http://www.dsm5. org
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American Psychiatric Association Site
Proposed Draft Revisions for the DSM-V
Now Completed
And they are on Facebook too!
Now I want all of you to think about this for a little bit. This website is up until April and anyone who wants to can offer "suggestions" for new "diseases" to be included. That decision will be made basically by show of hands. Is this 'science?'
Can you imagine any OTHER branch of medicine doing this? Can you imagine any other branch of science doing this? THINK about it.
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"Psychiatric Circles "
This page is going to be about how the psychiatrized get boxed into an idea about who they are, who they are TOLD they are, about those who DO the 'boxing,' and who feel entitled to decide that FOR the ones who in the Box. Hopefully this may help people to open their eyes to the reality that has always been there, despite the psychiatric smoke and mirrors.
Causes and Effects: Keeping an Eye on the Help
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| Mindfreedom Update September 7, 2010 |
09/07/2010 |
| MindFreedom International Alert - 3 September 2010
http://www.mindfreedom.org/ - please forward
BELOW are eight (8) brief news alerts to win human rights in mental
health:
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1) NEW YORK TIMES (9/1) covers drugging of 18-month-old with heavy-
duty psychiatric family of drugs known as "antipsychotics" or ... More> |
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| DSM5 Field Trial Proposal |
08/28/2010 |
| —An Expensive Waste of Time
For complete article click on link in Title
By Allen Frances, MD | May 7, 2010
Allen Frances, MD, was the chair of the DSM-IV Task Force and of the department of psychiatry at Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC. He is currently professor emeritus at Duke.
Time is ... More> |
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| Californians and Parents |
08/28/2010 |
| FORWARD: URGENT: SENATE BILL 543 (SB 543) , INFORMATION AND ACTION REQUESTED, SEE BELOW.
Subject: Bill Sending 12 Year Old Kids for Mental Health Services Without Parental Permission is Resurrected!!!
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URGENT CAPITOL ALERT!!
Bill Sending 12 Year Old Kids for Mental Health Services ... More> |
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| Globe and Mail August 2008 |
08/27/2010 |
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Dementia drugs still prescribed, despite warnings
CARLY WEEKS
From Tuesday's Globe and Mail
August 26, 2008 at 10:38 AM EDT
Prescription rates of certain antipsychotic drugs given to seniors with dementia have increased significantly despite safety warnings in recent years, according to a new study that questions the effectiveness of the warning mechanisms used by drug makers and Health Canada.
For complete article click on link in Title
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| Unite for Life |
08/27/2010 |
| This article is reproduced here with full permission of the authors.
The "Mothers Act" (S. 3297) Mom's Opportunity to Access Health, Education, Research, and Support for Postpartum Depression Act was languishing in a Senate committee. The House Resolution (H.R. 20) passed in last years Congress.
URGENT! Sign the petition against the ... More> |
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Psychiatry Itself May Well Need to be Abolished
It is out of completely out of control.
Even many psychiatrists, previously gung-ho enthusiasts think so now. Those of you in the profession currently, who REALLY want to help change the world for the better, might decide whether you are more suited to the physical or the metaphysical side of 'reality' and then choose psychology/psychotherapy OR neurology as a personal direction of work. But the DSM and it's ambiguous, clearly politcal, agenda has to go.
A museum focused on relics of the mental illness Dark Ages might be the place to store copies of the DSM so that future generations can marvel at the blindness and magical thinking of ‘bona fide’ doctors of the Invalidation, Reductionism and Power ‘Over’ period of ‘medicine.’
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Giving Us the Business
When human distress becomes a 'business' just like any OTHER business, and is dealt with by those who have total, unquestioned power and control over the 'product' as if it WERE a profitable business, then those who are in distress may well find the product they are being sold is one which they are going to be forced to buy.
Endless and 'incurable' distress could be quite the money maker, couldn't it? That is especially true when, unlike other 'businesses,' where pleasing the customer matters, in this business the customer who does not want what is being sold, and who thinks it is a shoddy product, is always wrong. Being always wrong, is built right into the business, and you’re getting it.
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Sylvia Caras Article:
The Downside of the Family-Organized Mental
Illness Advocacy Movement
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CUNY Hopes Computer Simulation
Can Help Profs ID
Students at Risk
Tuesday, Oct 27 2009
from the Village Voice
Hampton is not a real professor. He's not, in fact, a real person. He is the avatar of At-Risk, a computer game designed by the interactive learning company Kognito, in partnership with the Mental Health Association of New York City, to train faculty to identify students who show signs and symptoms of psychological distress and refer them to the counseling center. CUNY's Office of Student Affairs has purchased 7,000 licenses for At-Risk, which, says University Assistant Dean for Student Affairs Chris Rosa, helps faculty and staff identify students at risk without "removing them from the flow of their very busy days." The game was released in January of this year, and Lehman College is one of six CUNY schools participating in an early pilot to use it to train faculty and staff. (Disclosure: The author works as an adjunct instructor at Lehman.)
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