Posted by Squiggles on September 27, 2001, at 20:50:08
In reply to Re: Anti-psychiatric propoganda » Squiggles, posted by jay on September 27, 2001, at 19:49:32
> The DSM is not perfect, but it sets out an amazing number of well researched criteria for diagnosis. Considering, how difficult it is to target mental illness in the first place.
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> I am sorry, but I feel there is no need for anti-psychiartic propoganda on here. We face enough opposition in the world as it is, and your rhetoric does more in a pathetic attempt to divide and hurt people in pain. If you have a grudge or an axe to grind, take it elsewhere.
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> Jay
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> >I understand why
> > Kraeplin wanted to find physical tests for
> > mental illness, such as blood tests; unfortunately,
> > the best we can hope for in that direction is
> > when a physical illness presents with mental
> > symptoms, e.g. syphillis or hyperthyroidism.
> >
> > It is a sad state indeed - maybe one day we
> > will have more specific diagnostic tools.
> >
> > I found this particular site to be very
> > helpful:
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> > Squiggles
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> >
> > http://www.critpsynet.freeuk.com/antipsychiatry.htm
How rude. It is true that Psychiatry today with
the DSM as its guide saves many from misery, but
that doesn't mean that the state that it is, doesn't also
put some in misery. There is room for improvement.
If that is an axe a grind, it is every psychiatrist's
axe. Critical Psychiatry is a coallition of
psychiatrists, not a coallition of anti-psychiatrists.Squiggles
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