Another Blow to the Profession

DSM V.

It's a joke, and everyone knows it.

It isn't enough that we, Ph.D. Psychologists have to battle it out with "coaches," gurus, Internet experts and mystics, now the entire field of psychiatry has disgraced itself.  Since 2/3rds of Americans really don't know the difference between Psychology and Psychiatry we get lumped in with this blatant attempt to bolster revenue by a profession that is even worse shape than ours.

Psychiatry has become a profession in which 96% of its practitioners have become nothing but pill pushers.  I don't think they get more than ten hours of training in psychotherapy.  So now, to help them out and to aid their fellow travelers in Big Pharma, the list of thoughts and behaviors that can now be considered "pathological" has been increased to include almost anything except brushing your teeth and going to bed early.

The worst part is that they did this despite a lot of pressure, even from their own members.And because of all of the disagreements, they skipped the part about getting anything close to scientific data to back up their ideas that a three year-old who screams and cries because you take your iPhone back, is having an out-of-control event that may require medicating.

The only thing they seemed to have left out is the "Delusional Grandiose Marketing Strategy" diagnosis that should be given to the entire  crew that put this thing together.

Let's just all start over with the big masks, and shake those coconuts with seeds in them.  That will drive the evil spirits away.