| BAD
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| Date and Time |
- | Sep. 4th, 2006, 10:41 am | |
| Current Mood |
- |  cynical | |
| Current Music |
- | budgies in conference | |
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Inspired by such gems as SAD (Separation Anxiety Disorder), HSDD (Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder), and IED (Intermittent Explosive Disorder): | Have you experienced or are you currently experiencing a period in your life in which you felt sad a lot of the time?
Have you ever felt worried about something?
Have you had periods in your life when your sex drive was either overactive or underactive?
Do you get angry?
Have you experienced or are you currently experiencing a period in your life in which you felt happy or elated a lot of the time?
Have you ever lost interest in something that used to bring you joy?
Have you ever yelled at someone?
Have you ever been scared?
Have you ever become withdrawn?
Have you ever believed something that those around you did not?
Does it upset or sadden you when people you have come to rely on are no longer there?
If you answered yes to any of these questions you may suffer from BAD (Being Alive Disorder). The good new is that BAD is treatable and there are medications that can help. | |
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| This Is Your DSM on Drugs
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| Date and Time |
- | Apr. 21st, 2006, 03:31 pm | |
| Current Mood |
- | cynical | |
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Found through lady_babalon: | A majority of the medical experts who created the "bible" for diagnosing mental illness have undisclosed financial links to drugmakers, says a study out Thursday.
And some panels overseeing disorders that require treatment with prescription drugs, such as schizophrenia and "mood disorders," were 100% filled with experts financially tied to the pharmaceutical industry, says the study published in the journal Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics.
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The researchers looked for research funds, consultancies, patents and other gifts or grants received by members of the 18 separate DSM preparation panels from 1989 to 2004, both before and after their terms.
They found that among the 170 medical experts who created the two most recent editions of the manual, 56% had one or more financial ties to the pharmaceutical industry. In addition to the schizophrenia and mood disorder panel's links, more than 80% of panel members for "anxiety disorders," "eating disorders," "medication-induced movement disorders" and "premenstrual dysphonic disorder" had financial ties.
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From the perspective of someone who has dealt with the psych system quite a bit over the years, this doesn't surprise me at all. Will anything change as a result of this report? Not directly. Change in the psych industry has and will only come as a result of external pressures, there is too much money in play and too many reputations on the line for the system to willingly change itself. |
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