Guest Blog: Psychiatric Diagnostic Manual Editor Reveals Emperor Has No Clothes

ByDorothy M. Neddermeyer Ph.D.

“There is no definition of a mental disorder. It’s bull___. I mean, you just can’t define it,” states Allen Frances, MD, lead editor for the Diagnostic Statistical Manual (DSM-IV). As DSM-IV is the imperial doctrine used by psychiatrists in diagnosing mental disorders, prescribing powerful psychotropic drugs to the masses, and commanding health care dollars, this is quite a confession. “We made mistakes that had terrible consequences,”Francesconcedes.

Sex Addiction – A Misdiagnosis

ByDorothy M. Neddermeyer Ph.D.

Originally the term addiction was conceived and defined as physical and psychological dependence on psychoactive substances (alcohol, tobacco, heroin and other substances). Subsequently, addiction was broadened to include any persistent, compulsive dependence on a behavior or substance. Henceforth, every symptom can be labeled an addiction. AddictionZ Victoria, BC Canada has compiled a list of 110 addictions as set forth by Western/Allopathic Medical criteria.

Guest Blog – Psychiatry and disease mongering: Road Rage Disorder is latest spontaneously “discovered” disease

ByDorothy M. Neddermeyer Ph.D.

Disease mongering has reached a new level of ridiculousness with the widely-reported announcement that millions of American now have undiagnosed Road Rage Disorder, also sometimes called Intermittent Explosive Disorder (IED). Desperate to scrounge up new diseases that can be treated with high-profit prescription drugs, Big Pharma and its disease-pushing sidekick, psychiatry, is now pulling diseases out of thin air, making them up as it goes along, and hoping enough impressionable consumers (and journalists) can be hoodwinked into thinking every fictitious disease is actually real.

Guest Blog – Psychiatric Diagnostic Manual Editor Reveals Emperor Has No Clothes

ByDorothy M. Neddermeyer Ph.D.

“There is no definition of a mental disorder. It’s bull___. I mean, you just can’t define it,” states Allen Frances, MD, lead editor for the Diagnostic Statistical Manual (DSM-IV). As DSM-IV is the imperial doctrine used by psychiatrists in diagnosing mental disorders, prescribing powerful psychotropics to the masses, and commanding health care dollars, this is quite a confession. “We made mistakes that had terrible consequences,” Frances concedes.