by Harper West | Jun 12, 2016 | Depression, DSM, Uncategorized
Edward Shorter’s blog on Psychology Today attempts to parse the difference between supposed differences in types of depression: melancholic and one that is a mixture of “anxiety, dysphoria, fatigue, insomnia and somatic symptoms” or “non-melancholic...
by Harper West | Mar 18, 2013 | DSM
Thank you, psychiatrists and the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)! Your arbitrary and unscientific medicalizing of immoral behaviors has brought us to this point. Catholic archbishops can rationalize and excuse the repeated sexual...
by Harper West | Feb 25, 2013 | DSM, Uncategorized
As the American Psychiatric Association (APA) prepares to publish the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) in May 2013, there has been considerable debate about the changes in this document. Client advocacy groups and...
