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Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek
Who said I was arguing? lol at the popping pills to feel better.
I'm not saying anything to negate the DSM. Infact each successive edition of the DSM has proclaimed an increasing number of diagnoses that cover a large number of human behaviors. The 1st DSM published covered over 150 diagnoses, the next over 350 and so on. I think the next one is supposedly scheduled for 2011, and the number will only increase.
AKA_Monet, I'm not arguing with you, infact I agree with most of what you posted, but I'm just saying in contrast to the DSM manuals, large percentages of people with a severe and persistent mental illness get no care whatsoever. The majority of those with a diagnosable mental disorder are not receiving treatment.
Also, studies have shown that about 42-50% of people with a serious mental illness were receiving no treatment for their conditions. I also read that a seperate study published in 2002 found that of those in the U.S. receiving treatment for a serious mental illness, only 40% were receiving what is considered minimally adequate treatment. Out of all those with serious mental disorders, then, only 15% were getting the high quality care they needed. This goes back to my earlier post about profits vs. actual health care. I'm not negating anything you've said, but I still believe the profits are overshadowing the care that is really needed for serious mentally ill patients.
lol at your husband. May I ask what happened to him for taking short cuts?  |
When I say "argue", I mean
this... 
I probably should say "discuss" as the appropriate terminology... What we are trying to do is persuade each other of our concepts to learn what is really going on here. We are not yet in debate...
@bolded: With these comments, I agree with you, most people fail to get adequate mental health care, if at all.
The profits from Big Pharma probably overshadowing appropriate care of these patients. What I am saying is that there has been a shift in mental health care from talk therapy to that of the concrete, biological, evidence based neurochemical provable... The two should be working together because in mental illnesses 1) quite a few people are born with imbalances; and 2) learning, environment and nurturing as well as personality development play a huge role into someone's behavior.
The drug treatment and efficacy should be used on someone who cannot sift through a difficulty, BUT more importantly, that person should undergo somekind of talk treatment to validate and confirm societal standards on civil behavior...
Long time ago, a child acting out in a public setting was unheard of and a parent could physically discipline their child, publicly, if they wanted to.
Today, a child can act out in a public setting, no one will say anything, and clients are disturbed. It has caused some places of business not to allow children into the establishments. The parent usually takes the child to the restroom and resolves the issue, what some would say placating...
No one questions how it might damage the psyche on one identifying boundaries on this growing child. If a child has a predisposition to ADHD, will adderall, ritalin or whatever treatment really enable child to be functional in behavior?
But without treatment, that child would be lost to the system of violent outbursts and uneducated due to behavioral problems.
What to do...
Then we haven't gotten to appropriate diagnosis...
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