Bi Polar as a diagnosis is very problematic. It probably does exist & probably over diagnosed. Of all the illnesses it is maybe the only one with a reasonable track record. vis a vis management. But all claims I take with a pinch of salt. All research is riddled with financial bias that only just now is being accepted as a major problem. I am not sceptic about disease entity as such I am about the shifting criteria, just look at DSM 1V & V to see how decisions are made. The bottom line is that we have no definitive markers as in lab tests or imaging. Add to that poor medication and rampant commercialism and you see a profession that is devalued if not discredited. This is very sad but unfortunately very true.
Again what the hell this has to do with Leeds United is beyond me!! Michael Dr Michael Benjamin, Community Psychiatrist ------------------------------- myRay: On-line Self-Help CBT http://www.myRay.com ------------------------------ Mental Health: http//www.MyDoctorExplains.com -------------------------------- Auditing || Quality Control http://www.MyDoctorExplains.com/alamo/ -------------------------------- Blog: http://www.DrMichaelBenjamin.com On 18 May 2010 18:27, humphries mark <[email protected]>wrote: > So what do you classify bipolar as? Personality disorder? > > You seem to be confusing scepticism wrt the efficacy of the current meds, > with scepticism about the diseases themselves? > > I happen to agree that medication for these illnesses leave a lot to be > desired, a lot are just tranquilizers, but sometimes it is the lesser of 2 > evils given the devastation full blown mania or depression can wreak. > > However, not treating it as a serious real illness is both extremely > dangerous and extremely insensitive - it suggests the sufferer just needs to > "get a grip" or "snap out of it"?! It is a terrible condition for the > sufferer and their friends and family, one that often leads to suicide (up > to 15% of sufferers), and to compound that there is still to this day > (amazingly) a stigma attached to it. > > I am frankly amazed that anyone working in the mental health field either > isn't aware or chooses to ignore the evidence? > > > > > > On 18 May 2010 15:26, Dr Michael Benjamin <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Without insulting anyone >> I get this crap day in and day out. >> Mental Heath or Psychiatry went bust a long time ago. >> We are slaves to categorisation because we have fuck all.No lab tests, no >> Cat scans , just non stop pontification. >> >> Personality disorders are not mental illnesses. Shrinks haven't a clue >> what to do with them. >> Behaviour disorders have nothing to do with mental illnesses and shrinks >> know fuck all what to do with them. >> Learning problems are an educational problem. Ritalin is a an >> addictive drug that is being given to at least *5 times too many kids. The >> results are doubling their chances of an early onset psychoses. And shit >> poor teachers. >> >> >> >> >> On 18 May 2010 17:00, humphries mark >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Bipolar (for example) is most definitely an illness/disease, and the >>> "up" >>> phases can be more damaging and destructive as the "down" phases. >>> >>> As far removed from 'unhappiness' as a touch of cramp is from a broken >>> leg. >>> >>> Next you'll be telling us that autism is just a shade of bad behaviour.. >>> _______________________________________________ >>> the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators >>> accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. >>> Leedslist mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist >>> and the hardest time in a sailor's day is to watch the sun as it sails >>> away >>> >>> >> > _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. Leedslist mailing list [email protected] http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist and the hardest time in a sailor's day is to watch the sun as it sails away
