August 28, 2014
The Role of Psychiatry in Sex Offender Management
"Medicine and law have a rich collaborative history in the management of persons convicted of sex offenses. Despite different assumptions about the offender and different perspectives about management and goals that may only partly overlap, each discipline offers significant expertise that promotes healing and risk management strategies while increasing community safety.
The term “sex offender” is a legal, not a psychiatric, designation. Sex offenders make up a psychiatrically heterogeneous group of individuals whose only unifying characteristic is that they have violated the law governing sexual expression in a given culture. The law may not greatly concern itself with the biopsychosocial antecedents of illegal sexual behavior, although it recognizes that questions of intent and incompetence or diminished capacity are important considerations."
"In 1973, the American Psychiatric Association eliminated homosexuality as a mental disorder in the sixth printing of DSM-II, substituting a new category, Sexual Orientation Disturbance."
http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/special-reports/role-psychiatry-sex-offender-management?cid=dlvr.it
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Ego-dystonic Sexual Orientation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ego-dystonic_sexual_orientation
http://dictionary.sensagent.com/Ego-dystonic_sexual_orientation/en-en
http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095744799
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3/10/14
Psychiatrists, Criminal Justice Experts At Odds Over Handling of Pedophiles
"It used to be that Americans convicted of pedophilia would get sentenced from one day to life in prison, and it was then up to the prison warden to decide whether and when they were safe enough to be released, Howard Zonana, M.D., explained in an interview. Zonana, a professor of psychiatry at Yale University, is a past chair of APA's Task Force on Sexual Offenders.
But today, Zonana continued, there is fixed prison sentencing for convicted pedophiles, and once pedophiles have served their sentences, they have to be released. Moreover, once they are released, they do not have to receive any treatment for their pedophilia unless they have a period of probation.“ So you can see why there is public concern,” he said."
http://psychnews.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/pn.41.10.0037b
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Showing posts with label ICD. Show all posts
Thursday, 28 August 2014
Monday, 11 August 2014
We Have A Few Go-to Archetypes When It Comes To Pedophilia
11/8/14
You’re 16. You’re a Pedophile. You Don’t Want to Hurt Anyone. What Do You Do Now?
"The last time I saw Adam in person we found ourselves sitting, once again, in his car. We had been talking for a few hours and were about to finish up when I asked him what it feels like to be not only a pedophile, but something of a pioneer. He paused for a moment before answering. “It’s one part of what defines me. You know, a small part of the puzzle,” he said. “Part of me is a pedophile but that’s not all I am. I’m also, I think, a very decent person in a lot of other ways. I’m definitely a very caring person… I have hobbies, I have interests, I have studies, and things like that all put together define who I am."
https://medium.com/matter/youre-16-youre-a-pedophile-you-dont-want-to-hurt-anyone-what-do-you-do-now-e11ce4b88bdb
Apr 11, 2014
522: Tarred and Feathered - Help Wanted.
"There's one group of people that is universally tarred and feathered in the United States and most of the world. We never hear from them, because they can't identify themselves without putting their livelihoods and reputations at risk. That group is pedophiles.
It turns out lots of them desperately want help, but because it's so hard to talk about their situation it's almost impossible for them to find it. Reporter Luke Malone spent a year and a half talking to people in this situation, and he has this story about one of the."
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/522/tarred-and-feathered
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August 13th, 2014
Why Matter’s Story About Pedophilia Included a Graphic Account of Abuse
"Those of us at our computers or on phones aren’t entitled to the protection of propriety or politeness; we shouldn’t be shielded by omission; we shouldn’t be sheltered by some vague phrase like “a video of unimaginable horror” because we’d never imagine just how horrible it really was. We can only read what was done to him, and realize—as Adam did—that it happened to an actual child. We can only read what was done to him, and be destroyed by it.
Some stories should ruin your afternoon, the rest of your day, your whole week. This is one of them."
https://medium.com/@lotto/why-matter-included-a-graphic-account-of-abuse-in-our-story-about-pedophilia-72066a19e470
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Fri, 18 Jul, 2014
Virtuous Pedophiles group gives support therapy cannot
"It's difficult to imagine such a curse. Who can they tell? From their point of view, they can't tell a therapist, they can't tell their parents, their peers, their boyfriends, girlfriends," said Cantor. "They are as alone as a person can be."
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/virtuous-pedophiles-group-gives-support-090000670.html
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15 hours ago (13/8/14: 15:38)
Expert warns against labelling 12-year-old Lethbridge boy charged with incest as a pedophile
“It’s one of the running jokes in my field, how impossible it is to get a research grant to work on solving a problem that every single person in society wants us to be working on."
Cantor said the justice system does have a role to play but ideally the time to intervene is before the problem gets to that point.
“We’ve already failed the kid by the time the kid is in jail – almost always a boy."
One admitted pedophile said it doesn't appear the Lethbridge boy should be in court.
"My immediate reaction (to the news report) is that there's no reason to think this boy is a pedophile," said Ethan Edwards (a pseudonym), who runs Virtuous Pedophiles, a web site that aims to help pedophiles control their urges. He said he's never acted on his."
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/dailybrew/expert-warns-against-labelling-12-old-lethbridge-boy-231000752.html
*****
August 13, 2014
Should We Do More To Help Paedophiles?
http://blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/2014/08/should-we-do-more-to-help-paedophiles
You’re 16. You’re a Pedophile. You Don’t Want to Hurt Anyone. What Do You Do Now?
"The last time I saw Adam in person we found ourselves sitting, once again, in his car. We had been talking for a few hours and were about to finish up when I asked him what it feels like to be not only a pedophile, but something of a pioneer. He paused for a moment before answering. “It’s one part of what defines me. You know, a small part of the puzzle,” he said. “Part of me is a pedophile but that’s not all I am. I’m also, I think, a very decent person in a lot of other ways. I’m definitely a very caring person… I have hobbies, I have interests, I have studies, and things like that all put together define who I am."
https://medium.com/matter/youre-16-youre-a-pedophile-you-dont-want-to-hurt-anyone-what-do-you-do-now-e11ce4b88bdb
Apr 11, 2014
522: Tarred and Feathered - Help Wanted.
"There's one group of people that is universally tarred and feathered in the United States and most of the world. We never hear from them, because they can't identify themselves without putting their livelihoods and reputations at risk. That group is pedophiles.
It turns out lots of them desperately want help, but because it's so hard to talk about their situation it's almost impossible for them to find it. Reporter Luke Malone spent a year and a half talking to people in this situation, and he has this story about one of the."
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/522/tarred-and-feathered
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"You’re 16. You’re a Pedophile. You Don’t Want to Hurt Anyone. What Do You Do Now?" http://t.co/dbB1usHntN (by @bylukemalone, @ReadMatter)
— Longform (@longform) August 11, 2014
@holocaust_21 I expect it is a literary vehicle, to expose and discuss the issues :)
— The OSC (@OSCP__1) August 11, 2014
(Embedded Tweets - Click Date)*****
August 13th, 2014
Why Matter’s Story About Pedophilia Included a Graphic Account of Abuse
"Those of us at our computers or on phones aren’t entitled to the protection of propriety or politeness; we shouldn’t be shielded by omission; we shouldn’t be sheltered by some vague phrase like “a video of unimaginable horror” because we’d never imagine just how horrible it really was. We can only read what was done to him, and realize—as Adam did—that it happened to an actual child. We can only read what was done to him, and be destroyed by it.
Some stories should ruin your afternoon, the rest of your day, your whole week. This is one of them."
https://medium.com/@lotto/why-matter-included-a-graphic-account-of-abuse-in-our-story-about-pedophilia-72066a19e470
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My editor, @marklotto, on the editorial decision to not cut a graphic scene in my pedophilia piece for @ReadMatter: https://t.co/w8lWkeE98j
— Luke Malone (@bylukemalone) August 13, 2014
@bylukemalone @marklotto @ReadMatter 'That boy' was a 'literary fabrication', for effect - and you know it.
— The OSC (@OSCP__1) August 13, 2014
@bylukemalone @marklotto @ReadMatter I am very sad to say (as someone who has 'promoted' him) my doubts about 'Adam', increase every day.
— The OSC (@OSCP__1) August 13, 2014
(Embedded Tweets - Click Date)*****
Fri, 18 Jul, 2014
Virtuous Pedophiles group gives support therapy cannot
"It's difficult to imagine such a curse. Who can they tell? From their point of view, they can't tell a therapist, they can't tell their parents, their peers, their boyfriends, girlfriends," said Cantor. "They are as alone as a person can be."
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/virtuous-pedophiles-group-gives-support-090000670.html
*****
15 hours ago (13/8/14: 15:38)
Expert warns against labelling 12-year-old Lethbridge boy charged with incest as a pedophile
“It’s one of the running jokes in my field, how impossible it is to get a research grant to work on solving a problem that every single person in society wants us to be working on."
Cantor said the justice system does have a role to play but ideally the time to intervene is before the problem gets to that point.
“We’ve already failed the kid by the time the kid is in jail – almost always a boy."
One admitted pedophile said it doesn't appear the Lethbridge boy should be in court.
"My immediate reaction (to the news report) is that there's no reason to think this boy is a pedophile," said Ethan Edwards (a pseudonym), who runs Virtuous Pedophiles, a web site that aims to help pedophiles control their urges. He said he's never acted on his."
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/dailybrew/expert-warns-against-labelling-12-old-lethbridge-boy-231000752.html
Expert warns against labelling 12-year-old boy charged with incest as a pedophile https://t.co/xFHqoljxlH via @yahoocanadanews
— James Cantor (@JamesCantorPhD) August 13, 2014
(Embedded Tweets - Click Date)*****
August 13, 2014
Should We Do More To Help Paedophiles?
http://blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/2014/08/should-we-do-more-to-help-paedophiles
Wednesday, 28 May 2014
Hate For All, Or Hate For None
28th May 2014
Hate Crime: Should the Current Offences be Extended?
"OVERVIEW OF THE CURRENT LAW 1.4
At present, the police and the Crown Prosecution Service (“CPS”) record as a “hate crime” any crime perceived by t he victim or another person to have been motivated by hostility or prejudice based on a person’s race, religion, sexual orientation, disability or transgender identity.
Although “hate crimes” are recorded for all five of these “protected characteristics”, the criminal offences that specifically deal with hate crime only cover some of the characteristics."
"CHAPTER 6: DEFINING THE AGGRAVATED OFFENCES 8.7
We recommend that the definition of disability in any new aggravated offences should be the definition in section 146(5) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003: “any mental or physical impairment”."
http://lawcommission.justice.gov.uk/docs/lc348_hate_crime.pdf
http://lawcommission.justice.gov.uk/docs/lc348_hate_crime_english_summary.pdf
http://lawcommission.justice.gov.uk/docs/lc348_analysis_of_responses.pdf
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http://www.crimeline.info/news/hate-crime-should-the-current-offences-be-extended
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28 May 2014
UK Law Commission Wants Hate Crime Law Extended To Transsexuals And Disabled
http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-London/2014/05/28/The-Law-Commission-Proposes-Extension-Of-Hate-Crime
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However, even in confirming this, the 'review', does not go, even half-way, to re-balancing the situation.
The OSC
28 May 2014
28 May 2014
Hate Crime: Should the Current Offences be Extended?
"OVERVIEW OF THE CURRENT LAW 1.4
At present, the police and the Crown Prosecution Service (“CPS”) record as a “hate crime” any crime perceived by t he victim or another person to have been motivated by hostility or prejudice based on a person’s race, religion, sexual orientation, disability or transgender identity.
Although “hate crimes” are recorded for all five of these “protected characteristics”, the criminal offences that specifically deal with hate crime only cover some of the characteristics."
"CHAPTER 6: DEFINING THE AGGRAVATED OFFENCES 8.7
We recommend that the definition of disability in any new aggravated offences should be the definition in section 146(5) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003: “any mental or physical impairment”."
http://lawcommission.justice.gov.uk/docs/lc348_hate_crime.pdf
http://lawcommission.justice.gov.uk/docs/lc348_hate_crime_english_summary.pdf
http://lawcommission.justice.gov.uk/docs/lc348_analysis_of_responses.pdf
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http://www.crimeline.info/news/hate-crime-should-the-current-offences-be-extended
*****
28 May 2014
UK Law Commission Wants Hate Crime Law Extended To Transsexuals And Disabled
http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-London/2014/05/28/The-Law-Commission-Proposes-Extension-Of-Hate-Crime
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However, even in confirming this, the 'review', does not go, even half-way, to re-balancing the situation.
The OSC
Monday, 13 May 2013
Big Pharma
May 13, 2013
The Pharmaceutical Industry; Ring-Masters of Lunacy.
"It must be that time of the month again, you know, the full moon. Either that or the magic mushroom harvest has been particularly plentiful this year.
The fifth edition of the American Psychiatry Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) is due out in a few days – the bible of those who would seek to categorise us all under a suitable ‘mental health’ label. This bible was responsible for categorising ‘nicotine deprivation’ as category 292.0 prompting my post warning that nuclear submarines were about to go to sea with a crew comprised of 40% officially suffering from a ‘mental illness’ – a comforting thought!"
http://www.annaraccoon.com/politics/the-pharmaceutical-industry-ring-masters-of-lunacy/
Sunday 12 May 2013
Psychiatrists under fire in mental health battle
"British Psychological Society to launch attack on rival profession, casting doubt on biomedical model of mental illness
British psychologists are to say that current psychiatric diagnoses such as bipolar disorder are useless.
There is no scientific evidence that psychiatric diagnoses such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder are valid or useful, according to the leading body representing Britain's clinical psychologists."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2013/may/12/psychiatrists-under-fire-mental-health
The Pharmaceutical Industry; Ring-Masters of Lunacy.
"It must be that time of the month again, you know, the full moon. Either that or the magic mushroom harvest has been particularly plentiful this year.
The fifth edition of the American Psychiatry Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) is due out in a few days – the bible of those who would seek to categorise us all under a suitable ‘mental health’ label. This bible was responsible for categorising ‘nicotine deprivation’ as category 292.0 prompting my post warning that nuclear submarines were about to go to sea with a crew comprised of 40% officially suffering from a ‘mental illness’ – a comforting thought!"
http://www.annaraccoon.com/politics/the-pharmaceutical-industry-ring-masters-of-lunacy/
Sunday 12 May 2013
Psychiatrists under fire in mental health battle
"British Psychological Society to launch attack on rival profession, casting doubt on biomedical model of mental illness
British psychologists are to say that current psychiatric diagnoses such as bipolar disorder are useless.
There is no scientific evidence that psychiatric diagnoses such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder are valid or useful, according to the leading body representing Britain's clinical psychologists."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2013/may/12/psychiatrists-under-fire-mental-health
Sunday, 7 April 2013
Disorder Versus Disease
Published on 4 Apr 2013
Mental Health Truth: Are Mental Disorders Real Diseases? DSM Facts & Psych Drugs by Psychiatrist
"Psychiatrist & author, Dr. Colin Ross, discusses how mental illnesses are diagnosed- is there any test? Are Mental Disorders medical diseases? What is the DSM (Diagnostic & Statistical Manual)? Is psychiatry a scientifically based medical practice? Is there evidence that mental illness is a brain disease, a chemical imbalance or genetic disorder?"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hI5WvudckCg
Published on 25 Apr 2013
Mental Health: Does a Chemical Imbalance Cause Mental Disorders? Psychiatrist Tells the Truth
"Mental Health: Does a Chemical Imbalance Cause Mental Disorders? Psychiatrist Tells the Truth. Psychiatrist & author, Dr. Colin Ross, discusses the chemical imbalance theory and whether or not a chemical imbalance in the brain is the cause of mental disorders."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cq1IwrSNhUo
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May 2 2013, 9:08 AM ET
The Real Problems With Psychiatry
"A psychotherapist contends that the DSM, psychiatry's "bible" that defines all mental illness, is not scientific but a product of unscrupulous politics and bureaucracy."
http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/05/the-real-problems-with-psychiatry/275371/
Mental Health Truth: Are Mental Disorders Real Diseases? DSM Facts & Psych Drugs by Psychiatrist
"Psychiatrist & author, Dr. Colin Ross, discusses how mental illnesses are diagnosed- is there any test? Are Mental Disorders medical diseases? What is the DSM (Diagnostic & Statistical Manual)? Is psychiatry a scientifically based medical practice? Is there evidence that mental illness is a brain disease, a chemical imbalance or genetic disorder?"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hI5WvudckCg
Published on 25 Apr 2013
Mental Health: Does a Chemical Imbalance Cause Mental Disorders? Psychiatrist Tells the Truth
"Mental Health: Does a Chemical Imbalance Cause Mental Disorders? Psychiatrist Tells the Truth. Psychiatrist & author, Dr. Colin Ross, discusses the chemical imbalance theory and whether or not a chemical imbalance in the brain is the cause of mental disorders."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cq1IwrSNhUo
*****
May 2 2013, 9:08 AM ET
The Real Problems With Psychiatry
"A psychotherapist contends that the DSM, psychiatry's "bible" that defines all mental illness, is not scientific but a product of unscrupulous politics and bureaucracy."
http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/05/the-real-problems-with-psychiatry/275371/
Tuesday, 8 January 2013
Some Goode News
Monday 7 January 2013
How can we prevent child abuse if we don't understand paedophilia?
"If we want to keep children safe from sexual harm [sic], then surely knowing what we’re dealing with would be a good first step"
"Paedophilia is one of those things that appear straightforward at first glance but get more and more confusing the closer one looks. It is broadly defined as adult sexual attraction to children and young people below the legal age of sexual consent [since when Sarah, and where is it defined as such?]. That means a paedophile is someone who is primarily or exclusively sexually attracted to children (although they may also be sexually attracted to adults as well). That much is relatively simple, at least as long as we can agree on what a ‘child’ is and when a child turns into a sexually mature, self-determining adult; a transition we place, in this country, at the age of 16."
"Judging by this study, we would be therefore looking at around one in five of all the men we know having some degree of sexual attraction to children. Remembering that these survey rates relied on voluntary disclosures, it’s not impossible that this is in fact a conservative figure. For women, the only study conducted so far (by Smiljanich and Briere, in 1996) suggested 3% of sample of 180 women admitted to ‘some attraction to little children’ and 4 per cent used child pornography.
These are not figures I’d like to bet my shirt on – the earlier studies in particular are quite suspect, but what they do show is that, among men, sexual arousal to children is not rare and that there is a crying need to find out more."
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/how-can-we-prevent-child-abuse-if-we-dont-understand-paedophilia-8438660.html
Sarah Goode
http://www.independent.co.uk/biography/sarah-goode
Paedophiles in Society: Reflecting on Sexuality, Abuse and Hope
http://www.amazon.com/Paedophiles-Society-Reflecting-Sexuality-Abuse/dp/023027188X
Paedophilia research riles and titillates the academy
http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/408084.article
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The readers' editor on… why there should be no taboo subjects in a serious newspaper
"Jon Henley's 'crime' was to have tried to write rationally about a subject – paedophilia – which, according to one blog, 'nobody should try to be rational about.'"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jan/13/no-taboo-subjects-serious-newspaper
How can we prevent child abuse if we don't understand paedophilia?
"If we want to keep children safe from sexual harm [sic], then surely knowing what we’re dealing with would be a good first step"
"Paedophilia is one of those things that appear straightforward at first glance but get more and more confusing the closer one looks. It is broadly defined as adult sexual attraction to children and young people below the legal age of sexual consent [since when Sarah, and where is it defined as such?]. That means a paedophile is someone who is primarily or exclusively sexually attracted to children (although they may also be sexually attracted to adults as well). That much is relatively simple, at least as long as we can agree on what a ‘child’ is and when a child turns into a sexually mature, self-determining adult; a transition we place, in this country, at the age of 16."
"Judging by this study, we would be therefore looking at around one in five of all the men we know having some degree of sexual attraction to children. Remembering that these survey rates relied on voluntary disclosures, it’s not impossible that this is in fact a conservative figure. For women, the only study conducted so far (by Smiljanich and Briere, in 1996) suggested 3% of sample of 180 women admitted to ‘some attraction to little children’ and 4 per cent used child pornography.
These are not figures I’d like to bet my shirt on – the earlier studies in particular are quite suspect, but what they do show is that, among men, sexual arousal to children is not rare and that there is a crying need to find out more."
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/how-can-we-prevent-child-abuse-if-we-dont-understand-paedophilia-8438660.html
Sarah Goode
http://www.independent.co.uk/biography/sarah-goode
Paedophiles in Society: Reflecting on Sexuality, Abuse and Hope
http://www.amazon.com/Paedophiles-Society-Reflecting-Sexuality-Abuse/dp/023027188X
Paedophilia research riles and titillates the academy
http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/408084.article
*****
The readers' editor on… why there should be no taboo subjects in a serious newspaper
"Jon Henley's 'crime' was to have tried to write rationally about a subject – paedophilia – which, according to one blog, 'nobody should try to be rational about.'"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jan/13/no-taboo-subjects-serious-newspaper
Monday, 24 September 2012
New Diseases Can Be Invented
Diagnostic & Statistical Manual: Psychiatry's Deadliest Scam
"An elaborate pseudoscientific sham...
It’s 943 pages long and lists out 374 mental “disorders.”
It is the basis for the listing of mental disorders in the International Classification of Diseases that is used throughout the world.
And though it weighs less than five pounds, its influence pervades all aspects of modern society: our governments, our courts, our military, our media and our schools.
Using it, psychiatrists can enforce psychiatric drugging, seize your children and even take away your most precious personal freedoms.
It is psychiatry’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, and it is the engine that drives a $330 billion psychiatric industry.
But is there any proof behind the DSM? Or is it nothing more than an elaborate pseudoscientific sham?"
http://www.cchr.org/videos/diagnostic-statistical-manual.html
"An elaborate pseudoscientific sham...
It’s 943 pages long and lists out 374 mental “disorders.”
It is the basis for the listing of mental disorders in the International Classification of Diseases that is used throughout the world.
And though it weighs less than five pounds, its influence pervades all aspects of modern society: our governments, our courts, our military, our media and our schools.
Using it, psychiatrists can enforce psychiatric drugging, seize your children and even take away your most precious personal freedoms.
It is psychiatry’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, and it is the engine that drives a $330 billion psychiatric industry.
But is there any proof behind the DSM? Or is it nothing more than an elaborate pseudoscientific sham?"
http://www.cchr.org/videos/diagnostic-statistical-manual.html
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