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Shyness to be made a mental disorder
« on: February 12, 2012, 06:46:33 pm »

Shyness, bereavement and eccentric behaviour could be classed as a mental illness under new guidelines, leaving millions of people at risk of being diagnosed as having a psychiatric disorder, experts fear.
Shyness, bereavement and eccentric behaviour could be classed as a mental illness under new guidelines, leaving millions of people at risk of being diagnosed as having a psychiatric disorder, experts fear.

By Donna Bowater

7:20AM GMT 10 Feb 2012

Under changes planned to the diagnosis handbook used by doctors in the US, common behavioural traits are likely to be listed as a mental illness, it was reported.

The fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) of Mental Disorders could also include internet addiction and gambling as a medical problem.

Although the guidelines are not used in the UK, experts said they feared it would affect thinking on the subjects.

"We need to be very careful before further broadening the boundaries of illness and disorder," Simon Wessely, of the Institute of Psychiatry at King's College London, told the Daily Mail.

"Back in 1840 the census of the United States included just one category for mental disorder.

"By 1917 the American Psychiatric Association recognised 59, rising to 128 in 1959, 227 in 1980, and 347 in the last revision. Do we really need all these labels?

"Probably not. And there is a real danger that shyness will become social phobia, bookish kids labelled as Asperger's and so on."

Peter Kinderman, head of the Institute of Psychology at the University of Liverpool, said it was not "humane" to describe shy or bereaved people as "mentally ill".

The British Psychological Society has opposed the changes to the DSM while psychiatrists in the US have also spoken out against them.

A petition launched to try to stop the publication of the new edition was backed by 11,000 signatures from psychologists.

There are fears the new classifications are being driven by drug companies seeking to profit from a greater number of illnesses while the private health care system in the States requires a diagnosis recognised by the manual for a patient to be treated as ill.

"DSM5 will radically and recklessly expand the boundaries of psychiatry. Many millions will receive inaccurate diagnosis and inappropriate treatment.," said Allen Frances of Duke University, North Carolina.
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Re: Shyness to be made a mental disorder
« Reply #1 on: February 12, 2012, 07:31:03 pm »
Yeah, another way for them to get more money, to make shyness an illness! Yet, the very cause of shyness in humans is being caged. And we will continue to be caged, and they will continue to make money. it's a sad cycle.

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Re: Shyness to be made a mental disorder
« Reply #2 on: February 12, 2012, 11:25:26 pm »
That whole process of defining what is and isn't is a real sham. It's political and money motivated along with all the usual human failings. People with agendas basically.

I have a relative on that committee.
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Re: Shyness to be made a mental disorder
« Reply #3 on: February 12, 2012, 11:45:58 pm »
The fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) of Mental Disorders could also include internet addiction and gambling as a medical problem.
Hmmm there's a big profit centre. Most of the population.

Then there's hockey, football and gossip addiction.
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Re: Shyness to be made a mental disorder
« Reply #4 on: February 13, 2012, 04:49:25 am »
First eating so-called "healthy" was claimed to be a mental disorder (orthorexia), now shyness, what next, excessive happiness? Looks like their plan is indeed to get everyone on prescription drugs. The nurses now actually get angry when my mother tells them she's not taking any prescription meds! They imply that that simply isn't possible for someone her age.
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Re: Shyness to be made a mental disorder
« Reply #5 on: February 13, 2012, 05:59:58 am »
This just in: Clean air causes cancer; standing up causes blood to drain away from your brain; smiling can cause you to strain your cheek muscles and is, in fact, contagious. But that's OK, there' a drug for that.

Shyness is a manifestation of shaky self-confidence. You'd think that a healer would understand the difference between sickness and social ineptitude, but then - I don't think anyone here would stoop so low as to accuse most doctors of attempting to heal.

It's the usual BS. Nothing new here.

I wish we still had witch doctors. Then at least I could trust that the guy *tried*.
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