Ah, yes - another chance to admit I’m a shrink and suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous insults from the broad brushes of “fellow” FReepers . . .
But, I’ll sally forth anyway, and try to say something informed about the serial DSM abominations, on the off-chance that someone out there, somehow, gives a flying whatever, or has even the slightest clue what the profession and its practice are really all about, or . . . nah. Forget it. Why bother.
Serious question: Does anyone know what precisely is going on in a person’s brain that causes depression?
I understand your pain. The unique human being is not a ball to be dropped by the human one year old from their high chair. This world was created for the human who was created in the image of God. Quite a difference.
Taking neuroscience and love it. Wish I could afford to access to all the journals.
>>But, I’ll sally forth anyway, and try to say something informed about the serial DSM abominations
An informed FReeper would know the psychiatry community redefined homosexuality away from being a mental illness by an edit in DSM-II. This should be enough for anyone to understand that DSM abominations exist. Whether you are a Christian or a serious atheist Darwinist, it is obvious to anyone that homosexuality is an abnormal mental issue.
Bother, please, because some of us are interested and informed and would be grateful for your opinion.
There are many of us out here who value what you have to say. Please bother. The only reason i click on this type of thread is to get the link and to see if you and a few others have contributed. Otherwise, the ill-informed, stereotyped comments i have to wade through wouldn’t be worth the trip. :-)
shoot...and I was hoping to have someone comment who actually has a valid opinion.
I just always thought that the various DSMs had really loosey goosey criteria that you could apply to almost anyone if the situation was just right