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I too question "a lot of psychiatric disorder diagnostics". I even question if Psychiatry even deserves it's own speciality. Maybe they deserve a speciality in medicine, but their training needs a revival--a serious restructuring of all teaching requirements in order to obtain a license to call themselves specialists? Actually, I would like to see all medications that don't work, or work slightly better than placebo( in a bunch of "cherry picked" studies, by drug companies); made illegal to sell. I still can't believe their are Psychiatrist out their who claim to know how a particular drug works in the brain. I literally want to throw up when I hear a Doctor who claims to be an expert in their esoteric field of medicine. Especially, when every other month a study comes out questioning the validity of a medication, or the efficacy of Therapy. Yes--I will take my expensive, addictive medications--like I do every day. Sorry, for my rant. Oh yea, why am I still paying for doctors, and meds? Because, insurance companies just flat out refuse to cover certain medications, and limit doctor visits. I don't blame Obama--the Republicans fought his original bill at every step. I am grateful that people won't lose their home in collections if they get serious ill.



This subthread has nothing to do with the original article...

Let's please avoid hijacking this discussion and avoid arguing about the prevalence of things like ADD (as richly ironic as these discussions may be :-)


If you think advertising and psychology have nothing to do with one another, you're suffering from delusional disorder (DSM IV 297.1).




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