Prolonged Grief Soon Identified as A Mental Health Disorder?
Prolonged Grief disorder may soon be considered a mental health disorder. The test standard criteria was developed by Dana-Farber, a Cancer Institute researcher in Boston. She based her claim on the observation of bereavement and mood/anxiety disorders. Further research was done on widowers and widows by a team of experts. This does not identify grieving [...]
Corrections plan to outsource mental health services puts the community at risk
Mark Sokolski, a nurse at Graterford, with his wife, Jolene, a ward clerk for the Department of Corrections, took part in an informational picket line at the prison over outsourcing. (Caitlin Morris / Staff Photographer) HARRISBURG – A number of Pennsylvania state legislators are opposing a Department of Corrections plan to outsource mental health services [...]
Canada Hosts Panel on Mental Health at the World Health Assembly
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND–(Marketwired – May 20, 2013) – Experts from Canada, the US, Australia, Chile and Ethiopia took part on a panel at the World Health Assembly today to share their experiences and innovative approaches in addressing mental health. Hosted by the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, panellists representing sectors both inside and outside of [...]
The Healthy Debate About Mental Health
May 2013 may be remembered as a watershed (or maybe a Waterloo) in the history of psychiatry. Two major events have set the stage for a fundamental debate about how we should think about the nature of mental illness. The American Psychiatric Association (APA) is about to publish the fifth edition of its diagnostic system [...]
Fifth edition of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders published
The field of mental health will face its greatest upset in years on Saturday with the publication of the long-awaited and deeply-controversial US manual for diagnosing mental disorders. Early drafts of the book, the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, or DSM-5, have divided medical opinion so firmly that authors [...]
Normal or Not? New Psychiatric Manual Stirs Controversy
In the new psychiatric manual, the DSM-5, irritable children who throw frequent temper tantrums can be diagnosed with disruptive mood dysregulation disorder. CREDIT: Oleg Kozlov | Shutterstock With the release of the latest edition of the mental health manual, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), LiveScience takes a close look at some of [...]
DSM-5: Mental Health Professionals, Critics Face Off
CHICAGO — In the new psychiatric manual of mental disorders, grief soon after a loved one’s death can be considered major depression. Extreme childhood temper tantrums get a fancy name. And certain “senior moments” are called “mild neurocognitive disorder.” Those changes are just some of the reasons prominent critics say the American Psychiatric Association is [...]
National Institute Of Mental Health Forsakes the DSM, the Bible Of Psychiatry
Tragic stories of misdiagnosis, over-medication, and addiction to prescription medications abound in psychiatry. Though the field asserts that its diagnostic system, described in the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM), is scientifically founded and clinically accurate, mounting scientific evidence and the clinical experiences of hoards of misdiagnosed and over-medicated patients disagree. The National [...]
Mental health problems ‘should not be treated like an illness’
By Nick Mcdermott Treating mental health problems such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder in the same way as illnesses is unhelpful, leading psychologists claim. Even labelling the conditions is counterproductive they say, adding there is no evidence that a ‘breakdown’ or ‘severe emotional distress’ is the same as an illness with genetic or biological causes. [...]
Why The US National Institute Of Mental Health Plans To Abandon The DSM
The U.S. National Institute of Mental Health is turning its back on the so-called bible of its field. In a statement, the institute said it will start doing research in a way that ignores the categories in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, which is commonly known as the “DSM,” plus a number [...]
