Undisclosed financial conflicts of interest in DSM-5 (2024)
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#3When the APA elected Philip Zimbardo, creator of the infamous Stanford Prison Experiment (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_prison_experiment#Cri...), as their president (https://www.apa.org/about/governance/president/bio-philip-zi...) they lost my trust. He came up with a hypothesis on human behavior, then did everything he could to force the data to reflect that, including coercing volunteers into torturing each other.
His whole career revelved around promoting strategies for policing and incarceration that clearly don't work, and the APA celebrated him for it. They have a huge bias toword the notion that everyone needs their help. Problems with the DSM wouldn't matter so much, if the APA hadn't shoehorned themselves, and their bible of the DSM, into countless aspects of government and healthcare.
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#4When the APA elected Philip Zimbardo, creator of the infamous Stanford Prison Experiment ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_prison_experiment#Cri... ), as their president ( https://www.apa.org/about/governance/president/bio-philip-zi... ) they lost my trust. He came up with a hypothesis on human behavior, then did everything he could to force the data to reflect that, including coercing volunteers into torturin…
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#5When the APA elected Philip Zimbardo, creator of the infamous Stanford Prison Experiment ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_prison_experiment#Cri... ), as their president ( https://www.apa.org/about/governance/president/bio-philip-zi... ) they lost my trust. He came up with a hypothesis on human behavior, then did everything he could to force the data to reflect that, including coercing volunteers into torturin…
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#6Sometime in the early 2000's we passed a point where more than 50% of the population had an AXIS 2 or higher chemical disorder[1]. It was around this point that I became skeptical of the DSM.
If the majority of people are crazy, it's likely that our definition of "crazy" needs work.
That said, the situation isn't as dire as some folks with a vested interest would have you believe... If you're reading this and you're someone who needs to hear it: Keep taking your medicine! They'll work the kinks out eventually, and even if there is a conspiracy, it isn't against you personally.
[1] I meant personality disorder. Leaving the mistake to avoid making the thread confusing.
Re: Undisclosed financial conflicts of interest in DSM-5 (2024)
#7Sometime in the early 2000's we passed a point where more than 50% of the population had an AXIS 2 or higher chemical disorder[1]. It was around this point that I became skeptical of the DSM. If the majority of people are crazy, it's likely that our definition of "crazy" needs work. That said, the situation isn't as dire as some folks with a vested interest would have you believe... If you're reading this and you're…
What is an Axis II chemical disorder? I'm fairly certain that Axis II was personality disorders and intellectual disabilities in the DSM IV.
70% of people 60 years of age and older have high blood pressure[1], 50% of men regardless of age. Does this mean that our definition of high blood pressure needs work?
I'm not arguing that the DSM is perfect, but it's possible for something to be bad and also common. But I appreciate the "Keep taking your meds" sentiment as well, it has bigger problem overall, but it can still help people.
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#8What a surprise.
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#9Sometime in the early 2000's we passed a point where more than 50% of the population had an AXIS 2 or higher chemical disorder[1]. It was around this point that I became skeptical of the DSM. If the majority of people are crazy, it's likely that our definition of "crazy" needs work. That said, the situation isn't as dire as some folks with a vested interest would have you believe... If you're reading this and you're…
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#10When the APA elected Philip Zimbardo, creator of the infamous Stanford Prison Experiment ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_prison_experiment#Cri... ), as their president ( https://www.apa.org/about/governance/president/bio-philip-zi... ) they lost my trust. He came up with a hypothesis on human behavior, then did everything he could to force the data to reflect that, including coercing volunteers into torturin…
so ... apa ...the apa that writes the dsm-5, psychiatric disorders, the medical group, is the american PSYCHIATRIC assn.
the psychologists, they never went to medical school, so despite forming an organization and many publications, have little to do with diagnostic standards for medical doctors.
for clarity: THERE ARE TWO APA, the one written about in the article is not the same as the one in this comment.