by Robert L. Gisel
The Diagnostic Statistical Manual by which one is labeled crazy is being re-written to include more normal people in the categories of mental disorder. Mind you, more people have not become mentally ill, simply the broader definitions allow labeling of more persons.
The professional intention of psychiatry is to make insanity inclusive of everyone and treatment mandatory. This is, furthermore, not for scientific but financial considerations: 10s or 100s of billions of dollars in addicting psychotropic drugs out to the market.
This is how it works: the DSM 4, the diagnostic manual of psychiatry conains some 3000 "mental illness" labels derived by vote at the annual APA meeting. It is nothing scientific, yet these now cover enough topics and are so generally worded that just about anyone could be loosely fitted to one or more psychiatric labels as crazy.
The scientific communtiy has noted than when the latest issue of the Diagnostic Manual came out the broadened definitions for ADHD, bipolar disorder and autism contributed to pandemics of the three "disorders". Of course this was more fear and insanity forwarded by the manual than an an actual increase in mental illness.
Scientific concern has been expressed that when the DSM 5 comes out in 2013 it will even further broaden an already excessive manual of unscientific labeling.
The "suggested" (euphemism for required) treatment of any of these diagnstic criteria is one or more of the highly addicting narcotic psychiatric drugs. Highly addicting means built-in profits.
Psychotropics should never be given a psychotic as it in fact worsens the condition. Anyone correctly diagnosed as psychotic can be treated much more successfully with non-drug means. If you happened to be put on psychotropics when you were not psychotic you can expect to be driven so. Such are the side effects of these harmful drugs. The exception is the side effect when the heart stops and there is diagnosis other than death.
Most symptoms which lead to "mental disorder" diagnoses can be remedied by nutritional handlings or simply discovering with standard medical practice what pathology the individual has and remedy this medically.
Dr. Rima E. Laibow, MD, in the link above, has come to be a very active advocate for mental and physical health by safe and natural means rather dubious medical drugging. She is actually trained to be a psychiatrist but 40 years ago denounced the usual psychiatric practices as inhumane. In this she has my agreement. She has an ongoing strong lobby to curtail the legal sanctions that do far more harm than good and for this I recommend support of her.
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Saturday, July 31, 2010
Friday, April 2, 2010
Public Relations or Bribery?
by Robert L. Gisel
This news blog reveals an interesting, if unverified, datum:
"The Center for Public Integrity, a nonpartisan watchdog group, conducted an analysis of the pressure applied to politicians during the health care debate and found that 1,750 companies and organizations hired an army of 4,525 lobbyists and spent a jaw-dropping $1.2 billion in lobbying funds to make sure the bill didn't go against their interests. And some of that money is going straight to politicians." Yahoo News
Earlier figures I saw indicated that close to 1/2 of the 4,525 lobbyists were of the 2 groups Big Pharma and the Insurance companies with drug company lobbyists some 1200 of that army. Even if it was 50% for and 50% agin, the winning side of the lobbying finances was a prima facie $600 million.
These figures lead one believe the Health Care Bill was bought and paid for by special interest groups and was evidently a financial windfall for some politicians. We have known this is what happens, however, the large figures are shocking as to what extent the Congressional process has become commercialized.
My concern from my Favoring Life blog is Big Parma so bent on drugging America. The Bill still contains the Mother's Act which will lead to Big Bucks from women pre and post pregnancy onto psychiatric meds. This alone could be worth at least a billion dollars in sales of these addictive drugs.
If you are a pregnant mother do yourself a favor and don't get caught up in the net. Refuse psychiatric evaluation (hence labeling and prescription psych-drugs) if it is suggested for you. Prepare a family member or midwife or your own physician to look after your interests, and please, do not get placed on psychiatric drugs. They are killer.
This news blog reveals an interesting, if unverified, datum:
"The Center for Public Integrity, a nonpartisan watchdog group, conducted an analysis of the pressure applied to politicians during the health care debate and found that 1,750 companies and organizations hired an army of 4,525 lobbyists and spent a jaw-dropping $1.2 billion in lobbying funds to make sure the bill didn't go against their interests. And some of that money is going straight to politicians." Yahoo News
Earlier figures I saw indicated that close to 1/2 of the 4,525 lobbyists were of the 2 groups Big Pharma and the Insurance companies with drug company lobbyists some 1200 of that army. Even if it was 50% for and 50% agin, the winning side of the lobbying finances was a prima facie $600 million.
These figures lead one believe the Health Care Bill was bought and paid for by special interest groups and was evidently a financial windfall for some politicians. We have known this is what happens, however, the large figures are shocking as to what extent the Congressional process has become commercialized.
My concern from my Favoring Life blog is Big Parma so bent on drugging America. The Bill still contains the Mother's Act which will lead to Big Bucks from women pre and post pregnancy onto psychiatric meds. This alone could be worth at least a billion dollars in sales of these addictive drugs.
If you are a pregnant mother do yourself a favor and don't get caught up in the net. Refuse psychiatric evaluation (hence labeling and prescription psych-drugs) if it is suggested for you. Prepare a family member or midwife or your own physician to look after your interests, and please, do not get placed on psychiatric drugs. They are killer.
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