Comments on: Are survival skills and coping mechanisms DSM-codable? http://www.myworldinshambles.com/are-survival-skills-and-coping-mechanisms-dsm-codable Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 19 May 2012 21:58:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: haleigh http://www.myworldinshambles.com/are-survival-skills-and-coping-mechanisms-dsm-codable#comment-171 haleigh Tue, 08 Apr 2008 22:43:07 +0000 http://www.myworldinshambles.com/are-survival-skills-and-coping-mechanisms-dsm-codable#comment-171 *waving hand in air* I can guess which girls!! Or rather, I can guess one of them. And personally, I'm willing to believe that BPD exists just for her. Or rather, my mother convinces me of its existence on a regular basis :) I think there is a difference, though, between a true personality disorder and a diagnosed personality disorder. If they're being diagnosed at the rate of 10-20%, clearly, there is something terribly wrong (and I've been out of mental health professions too long to speak with any accuracy on this subject). Killing 42 to women because you are humanly incapable of feeling empathy or remorse (a true anti-social) and ignoring your conscience to do what you must in order to survive (75% of the prison population) are two very different things. For them to be clumped together as one "disorder" is a disservice by those changed with improving our mental health. But the real question is *why* these disorders are being diagnosed at a rate of 10-20%. If insurance companies and Medicaid *require* a DSM diagnosis to pay for treatment, is it the fault of mental health professionals for over-diagnosing, or is it the fault of old, money-grubbing white men in suits forcing everyone into prescribed categories for their own financial gain? Maybe we should lobby the APA to add "general asshattery, otherwise unspecified" to the DSM-V. (and sorry fir the diatribe - I'm at work and bored. This is what happens.) *waving hand in air* I can guess which girls!! Or rather, I can guess one of them. And personally, I’m willing to believe that BPD exists just for her. Or rather, my mother convinces me of its existence on a regular basis :)

I think there is a difference, though, between a true personality disorder and a diagnosed personality disorder. If they’re being diagnosed at the rate of 10-20%, clearly, there is something terribly wrong (and I’ve been out of mental health professions too long to speak with any accuracy on this subject).

Killing 42 to women because you are humanly incapable of feeling empathy or remorse (a true anti-social) and ignoring your conscience to do what you must in order to survive (75% of the prison population) are two very different things. For them to be clumped together as one “disorder” is a disservice by those changed with improving our mental health.

But the real question is *why* these disorders are being diagnosed at a rate of 10-20%. If insurance companies and Medicaid *require* a DSM diagnosis to pay for treatment, is it the fault of mental health professionals for over-diagnosing, or is it the fault of old, money-grubbing white men in suits forcing everyone into prescribed categories for their own financial gain? Maybe we should lobby the APA to add “general asshattery, otherwise unspecified” to the DSM-V.

(and sorry fir the diatribe - I’m at work and bored. This is what happens.)

]]> By: e http://www.myworldinshambles.com/are-survival-skills-and-coping-mechanisms-dsm-codable#comment-157 e Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:01:11 +0000 http://www.myworldinshambles.com/are-survival-skills-and-coping-mechanisms-dsm-codable#comment-157 just wrote 15 pages about DBT. we need wine pronto. there are a few things about it that i really think you'd dig as it pertains to "BPD." lovelovelove! just wrote 15 pages about DBT. we need wine pronto. there are a few things about it that i really think you’d dig as it pertains to “BPD.” lovelovelove!

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