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Post by Admin on Feb 25, 2018 9:47:33 GMT
New Article Details Criticism of Psychiatric Diagnosis Through History Researchers outline the criticisms of Kraepelin’s diagnostic paradigm, noting how similar issues reverberate in contemporary debates surrounding psychiatric diagnosis By Zenobia Morrill February 21, 2018 "In a new article, Dr. Kenneth Kendler and Dr. Eric Engstrom review the historical criticisms of Emil Kraepelin’s diagnostic system published in the late 1800s. By historically contextualizing the debate surrounding psychiatric diagnosis, the authors demonstrate how modern critiques of diagnostic paradigms are connected to longstanding observations. This review, published in the American Journal of Psychiatry, focuses on the main criticisms of Kraepelin’s paradigm that were published during his lifetime (1856-1926). Six perspectives are featured, including Adolf Meyer, Friedrich Jolly, Eugenio Tanzi, Alfred Hoche, Karl Jaspers, and Willy Hellpach. “Questions about the quality of the empirical grounding of Kraepelin’s diagnostic system have continued to this day, Kendler and Engstrom write. “Indeed, critics have argued that a major problem with our Kraepelin-influenced DSM nosology is its excess reification.”" Rest in Links - www.madinamerica.com/2018/02/new-article-details-historical-criticism-psychiatric-diagnosis/ajp.psychiatryonline.org/doi/abs/10.1176/appi.ajp.2017.17070730?code=ajp-site
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Post by snowstorm on Feb 25, 2018 11:21:53 GMT
I do have an issue with some of the language terms used by psychiatry as well - the actual words like psychosis and schizophrenia are strange, awkward and not very descriptive, they don't promote understanding.
Caught a snippet of EastEnders the other night and by chance one of the characters was saying the other character 'goes psycho'. What a poor example of language, what sort of message does that send to people who watch that show?
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Post by Admin on Feb 25, 2018 11:35:15 GMT
I do have an issue with some of the language terms used by psychiatry as well - the actual words like psychosis and schizophrenia are strange, awkward and not very descriptive, they don't promote understanding. Caught a snippet of EastEnders the other night and by chance one of the characters was saying the other character 'goes psycho'. What a poor example of language, what sort of message does that send to people who watch that show? i don't think that the issues of deep fears, mistrust, ignorance, stigma (attitudes) & discrimination (behaviour towards) those suffering mental illness / mental health difficulties, especially the psychoses / schizophrenia has really been properly addressed. There is a huge amount of lack of acceptance around it all & lack of acceptance of the people suffering these conditions / experiences / difficulties. A lot of it is psychological / social & should be being addressed as such. Contingency should be being made to properly support people in genuinely helpful psychological & social ways. There is the whole issue of language within all these areas. i have always felt as well that a lot of all this area comes down to the aetiology of experiences of psychological / emotional distress & non ordinary states. i would say that there simply are big questions around what covers biology, psychology, sociology & what can be considered to be the soul / spiritual / transpersonal. As i have always discussed & part of the purpose of this forum to explore this understanding & perspective. i do feel that it makes most sense to view everything from a fully integrated mind, body, soul, spirit & environment perspective. That will obviously Never happen under the current dominant Establishment / social / cultural / media paradigm of Atheist Scientific Materialism, Primary Biomedical / Pharmacological Industry, Consumerism & Capitalism.
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