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Psychiatrists to brand grief lasting longer than two weeks a mental illness
news.com.au ^ | 22 Feb 13 | Clifford Fram

Posted on 02/23/2013 10:54:26 AM PST by Drew68

THE grieving process is in danger of being branded a medical condition if a mourner feels sad for more than two weeks and consults a GP, according to an international authority on death and dying.

At present, mourners can feel sad for two months before being told they have a mental disorder, says Professor Dale Larson. Decades ago, a diagnosis could be made after a year.

In a keynote address at an Australian Psychological Society conference in Melbourne on Saturday, Prof Larson will express his anger about the American Psychiatric Association's new diagnostic manual, DSM 5, which is used in many countries including Australia and New Zealand.

The manual, to be published in May, allows a diagnosis of depression after two weeks of grieving.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.com.au ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: apa; depression; disorders; dsm; grief; mentaldisorder; mentalillness; mourning; mourningperiod; psychiatry; psychology; youmakebunnycry
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Emphasis mine. Sure the source may be Australian but it looks like this will apply to us as well. Now why on earth would American psychiatrists wish to see more people classified with mental disorders? Hmm... I can think of a few reasons.

Anyways, stepping out for a little while so don't think I just posted and ran.

1 posted on 02/23/2013 10:54:32 AM PST by Drew68
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To: Drew68

Woo-hoo !

Permanent Govt. disability cheque !

Jackpot !


2 posted on 02/23/2013 10:57:27 AM PST by Para-Ord.45
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To: Drew68

So much the merrier for the medics and pharmaceutical companies.


3 posted on 02/23/2013 10:58:03 AM PST by PapaNew
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To: Drew68

And, not too shocking that The Culture of Death would want us all to get over deaths as quickly as possible.


4 posted on 02/23/2013 10:59:27 AM PST by John W (Viva Cristo Rey!)
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To: Drew68

See a Priest, get religion, pray.

Forget the shrink.!

He will ask you “How does that make you feel?”, charge huge fees for continuous visits, put you on mind altering meeds, and take your guns.


5 posted on 02/23/2013 11:00:31 AM PST by G Larry
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To: Drew68; a fool in paradise; Slings and Arrows
(Do I have to say it?!)


6 posted on 02/23/2013 11:01:35 AM PST by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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To: Drew68

Fresh pickings from the “Get over it, you jackwagon.” School of Psychotherapy.


7 posted on 02/23/2013 11:01:43 AM PST by newheart (The greatest trick the left ever pulled was convincing the world it was not a religion.)
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To: G Larry

You would have to be crazy to go to a psychiatrist.


8 posted on 02/23/2013 11:02:55 AM PST by old curmudgeon
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To: Drew68
Psychiatrists to brand grief lasting longer than two weeks a mental illness

It used to be anywhere from a year to two years of morning. Six months was an absolute minimum and you can be sure people would whisper about your lack of proper sentiment.

9 posted on 02/23/2013 11:03:24 AM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (Promotional Fee Paid for by "Ouchies" The Sharp, Prickly Toy You Bathe With!)
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Please keep in mind folks that there are legitimate mental disorders that people need help for.

Bipolar disorder and schizophrenia are two biggies that require psychiatric help and meds.

Prayer is not going to make it go away.


10 posted on 02/23/2013 11:04:21 AM PST by POWERSBOOTHEFAN (Causing trouble since 1976)
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To: Para-Ord.45
Permanent Govt. disability cheque !

And never allowed to own a gun!

And, if you look up now you can see the trial lawyers circling like buzzards. (Boss chewed you out? He gave you a mental disorder...)

11 posted on 02/23/2013 11:04:42 AM PST by VRW Conspirator (Sometimes it takes calamity to lead to serenity - FReeper RacerX1128)
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To: old curmudgeon

You are aware that psychiatric disorders exist and that psychiatrists are necessary to help assist those who are mentally ill?


12 posted on 02/23/2013 11:07:07 AM PST by POWERSBOOTHEFAN (Causing trouble since 1976)
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To: Drew68

Just speaking from personal experience and extensive conversations with perhaps one hundred other parents whose kids got killed in combat, it takes 2-3 years to come around a bit. Maybe four years and the clothes fit, thought not well.


13 posted on 02/23/2013 11:07:18 AM PST by USMCPOP (Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
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To: old curmudgeon

You are aware that psychiatric disorders exist and that psychiatrists are necessary to help assist those who are mentally ill?


14 posted on 02/23/2013 11:07:32 AM PST by POWERSBOOTHEFAN (Causing trouble since 1976)
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To: old curmudgeon

You are aware that psychiatric disorders exist and that psychiatrists are necessary to help assist those who are mentally ill?


15 posted on 02/23/2013 11:07:48 AM PST by POWERSBOOTHEFAN (Causing trouble since 1976)
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To: Drew68

I wonder if Psychiatry is a mental disease..
You know... related to Narcissism or Megalomania


16 posted on 02/23/2013 11:10:23 AM PST by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
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Now why on earth would American psychiatrists wish to see more people classified with mental disorders? Hmm...

Insurance companies need to fight this insanity...

17 posted on 02/23/2013 11:10:33 AM PST by GOPJ (To be free is to own one's risk - Jonathan Levy)
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To: newheart

“Fresh pickings from the “Get over it, you jackwagon.” School of Psychotherapy.”

One of my favorite ads. I’ve met and talked with R. Lee Ermey. I feel comfortable around Marines, not shrinks.


18 posted on 02/23/2013 11:13:08 AM PST by USMCPOP (Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
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To: Drew68

There is a reason that in the olden days the official time of mourning was one year.


19 posted on 02/23/2013 11:14:59 AM PST by svcw (Why is one cell on another planet considered life, and in the womb it is not.)
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To: G Larry

One of those “born agains” that believe medical science is useless and would let your child die rather than taking antibiotics because “God wishes him ill because someone four generations back committed a sin”???

You are an idiot.


20 posted on 02/23/2013 11:15:07 AM PST by CodeToad (Liberals are bloodsucking ticks. We need to light the matchstick to burn them off.)
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