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Psychiatry Again Rearranges Deck Chairs on the Titanic

by Harper West | Jun 12, 2016 | Depression, DSM

  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...

Fear is not a Mental Disorder: Or What is Really Wrong with the DSM

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...
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