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DSM-5 and the Kids

We’ve been a bit behind the curve in making any comment on the recently-released draft of the DSM-5. Some very good critiques and analyses have already been posted on the blogowebs, notably by Neuroskeptic and Mindhacks. See also Abysmal Musings and Confessions of a Serial Insomniac for their thoughts on what this will [...]

disagree with diagnosis of personality disorder

(Guest post by Star Runner)

I would really appreciate some input. About 18 months ago i was diagnosed by my GP as suffering from depression. CRHTT became involved and after a couple of weeks was admitted to hospital where i spent the majority of the last year – most of this under MHA Section. [...]

Really Angry about this article in the Times

(This is a guest post by DeeDee Ramona, originally published here)

I am absolutely raging now, at this article.

This is an article supposedly reviewing a book on mania by a medic who has frequently blew the whistle on shoddy research into psychiatric medication by Big Pharma. All well and good. But that’s not what [...]

MN Guide: How to… Make a Borderline Personality Disorder

For the ongoing success of psychiatry, I have come to realise that we are potentially likely to become ‘employably challenged’ if we actually ever do “cure” people. So I think it utterly necessary to find new ways of sustaining employment in Psychiatry.

Here begins the first in a series of How to… guides that [...]

The Science and Science of Psychiatry?

NeuroAnalyis – An interview with Avi Peled, M.D.

Back in July 2008 Mr Ian was on a rant. A rant about professional exclusivity in the realm of understanding and curing mental disorders – how one profession purports to beholden the knowledge and the cure for “les maladies de la tête“.