Friday, June 28, 2013

The made-up reality of psychiatry's new DSM 5

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A member of the American Psychoanalytic Association posted the following on an internal email list, and I am reproducing it with permission....
Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Too many psychiatric diagnoses for children: an epidemic of labels

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Allen Frances, professor of child psychiatry at Duke University and chair of the DSM IV (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorde...
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Sunday, June 2, 2013

Pediatricians and prevention of toxic stress

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The Harvard Center on the Developing Child has produced a new video: Building Adult Capabilities to Improve Child Outcomes: A Theory of Cha...
Sunday, May 26, 2013

NYT on mental illness, talk therapy, drugs: what about children?

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Last week there was an invitation to dialogue in the New York Times on this subject.  In today's Times there is a fascinating array...
Thursday, May 16, 2013

To CDC on children's mental health: consider office of homeland attachment security

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Change is in the air for children's mental health care. The latest CDC (Center for Disease Control) special supplement to the MMWR (...
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Wednesday, May 8, 2013

DSM, NIMH on mental illness: both miss relational, historical context of being human

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It seems that the National Institute of Mental Health  (NIMH) may have dealt a death blow to the recently published Diagnostic and Statistic...
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Saturday, May 4, 2013

Using media to promote change while celebrating Brazelton's 95th

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I had the privilege this week to participate in the 95th birthday celebration of pediatrician T. Berry Brazelton on the occasion of  the  a...