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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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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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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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Going Around In
"Psychiatric Circles "
This page is going to be about what is going on in psychiatry and opinions from others as to how and why that is as it is. 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
"neuroleptics."
Quote: "More than 500,000 children and adolescents in America are now
taking antipsychotic drugs, according to a September 2009 report by
the Food and Drug Administration. Their use is growing not only among
older teenagers, when schizophrenia is believed to emerge, but also
among tens of thousands of preschoolers."[1] See:
http://www.mindfreedom.org/kb/youth-mental-health/antipsychotic-children
or:
http://3.ly/NYTimesKidsDrugs
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2) MOTHER JONES (Sept.Oct.) investigates how pharmaceutical
corporations are using struggling universities to corrupt psychiatric
drug research. See:
http://www.mindfreedom.org/kb/psych-drug-corp/mj-irb-cros
or:
http://3.ly/MotherJonesPsychiatric
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3) Psychologist/author Bruce Levine review's Robert Whitaker's book,
Anatomy of an Epidemic, in Z.
Levine mentions how MindFreedom helped lead public pressure to re-
instate Whitaker as keynote speaker at federally-funded Alternatives
2010 conference. See:
http://www.mindfreedom.org/kb/psychiatric-drugs/what-about-bob/levine-whitaker-anatomy
or:
http://3.ly/LevineWhitaker
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4) UPDATE: MFI Shield Campaign to stop forced psychiatric drugging and
free MindFreedom member Geetha Rathnamala.
You can now e-mail Governor directly, and join Facebook cause page. See:
http://www.mindfreedom.org/shield/gr/geetha-rathnamala-shield
or:
http://3.ly/Geetha
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5) VICTORY: Emily Darguzhyte is now free in State of Washington!
Thank you to the many readers of MindFreedom Shield Campaign Alerts
who joined others to free Lithuanian-American Emily Darguzhyte from
Washington State Hospital where she was being forcibly drugged. For
more info:
http://www.mindfreedom.org/as/act/us/mf-wash/emily-western-state
or:
http://3.ly/EmilyD
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6) Headed to NARPA?
The National Association for Rights Protection and Advocacy (NARPA)
annual conference starts this Wednesday, 9/8, in Atlanta, Georgia.
This is a key event that supports activism in mental health. If you
attend, stop by the MindFreedom exhibit table staffed by Frank
Blankenship of MindFreedom Florida. NARPA is a founding coalition
sponsor of MFI. More info:
http://www.narpa.org
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7) Headed to Alternatives 2010?
If you are attending the Alternatives 2010 conference in California
later this month, and want to connect up with MindFreedom
International? Let us know you're attending at action@mindfreedom.org.
MFI is not organizing this event, but has exhibit tables, workshop,
caucus, etc. It's Wednesday, September 29 to Sunday, October 3, 2010
at the Hyatt Regency in Anaheim. Author Robert Whitaker is one of
keynoters. More info at:
http://www.power2u.org/alternatives2010/
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8) Headed to ICSPP?
Attending the International Center for the Study of Psychiatry and
Psychology (ICSPP) conference in Syracuse, Oct. 7, 8, 9? Want to help
MFI exhibit table? E-mail: action@mindfreedom.org. ICSPP is a long-
time sponsor group of MFI.
More info see ICSPP's *new* web address:
http://www.icspponline.org/
Note: ICSPP's old web address no longer points to this nonprofit's web
site because of a dispute with the group's founder.
Babies and preschoolers have precisely NO hope of ever figuring out what is wrong with them or why and will be forced to live out their entire lives as defined for them by authority figures who cannot be faulted. If this doesn't scare the hell out of you, it should. Commentary by PL not Mindfreedom
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Creating Connections Through Dialogue
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Hello. My new Name is 301.0. What is YOUR new Name going to be?
For the answer to this and many other questions, look to your leaders: American Psychiatric Association Site
Proposed Draft Revisions for the DSM-V
You 'normal' people REALLY MUST read this as everyone is covered as a mental case except for the mental cases who are writing this crap.The 'them and us' mentality takes care of their exclusion.
However, asking for suggestions for the control of humanity has proved so popular they have extended the deadline
And they are on Facebook too!
Now I want all of you to THINK about this for a little bit. This website is still up 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.
This is your future if you allow it to continue.
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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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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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