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DSM 5
Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2013 9:34 am
by Robin Southern
Check out the latest on what the PROs think of the DSM 5
http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/08/05 ... criticism/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Re: DSM 5
Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2013 5:38 pm
by Karin
We have a different code they follow here, but psychs may refer to this document too if they choose? One thing this years update did say tho, is that I no longer have a...
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mental disorder!"
Nope!! Now I'm just undergoing... get this..
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A neurological development!
Yaaay, I'm really glad they sorted that out for me. Its probably why they've been too busy to actually treat me...
Re: DSM 5
Posted: Sun Sep 08, 2013 9:31 pm
by Bernice
As to whether or not DSM5 is a farce, or there will be a DSM6, I am reminded of this I read just the other day:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2013/ ... ave-limits" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Certainly some in the psychotherapy industry are arrogant, yet, many have been helped through talking.
I mourn the recent passing of my college psychologist/counselor, who, decades ahead of the rest of the world, dismissed my crossdressing as harmless and hardly abnormal.
Hugs,
Bernice