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Follow on Google News | ISEPP Statement on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders (DSM-5)The International Society for Ethical Psychology and Psychiatry (ISEPP) voices concerns over the APA's May 2013 anticipated publication of the fifth edition of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5).
By: Dr. Al Galves The forthcoming DSM-V edition continues this process while attempting to deepen indoctrination of mental health providers, consumers, and third-party payers into the fallacy that problems in living result from problems in biology. Adherents of biopsychiatric explanations and pharmaceutical manufacturers are the primary benefactors of public acceptance of this myth. Beyond research and technical studies which repeatedly demonstrate the inherent lack of validity and reliability of the DSM as a nosological system, psychiatric labeling has real consequences in discriminating against and oppressing the disadvantaged, creating unnecessary obstacles to employment, housing, and social acceptance, lending false credibility to the concept of psychiatric disability, assaulting self-worth and self-efficacy, and undermining reestablishment of positive life-striving by inducing “behaviors to label” among people who have been so labeled. In ISEPP’s view, conscientious and ethical provision of services to those suffering from mental, behavioral, and emotional disturbances is primarily a moral, social, political, and philosophical enterprise. ISEPP supports helpers who wish to eschew use of the DSM-V and its prior systems. ISEPP recommends public scrutiny and skepticism regarding the DSM as well as a constructive dismantling of the psychiatric- Contact: David Walker, Ph.D. 206-393-3550 dawalker@argosy.edu http://www.youtube.com/ # # # ISEPP is an organization of mental health professionals, researchers, consumers of mental health services, families and others that advocates for safe, humane and effective approaches to treating persons diagnosed with mental disorders. Additional information about ISEPP is available at www.psychintegrity.org. End
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