Masterpiece of Deception
THE BASIC FRAUD: Billions spent on psychiatry are worse than wasted. One look at our schools or any of the other areas psychiatry promised to improve—and not only failed to do improve, but actually made worse—serves as proof. Psychiatrist Al Parides called the DSM a “masterpiece of political maneuvering” and not a scientific manual at all. “A child doesn’t want to go to school and kicks the teacher,” he said. “They work out the psychiatric diagnosis [as] a medical problem.... What they have done is medicalize many problems that don’t have demonstrable, biological causes.” The DSM is also a masterpiece of deception. Shrouded in the rhetoric of “science,” every human emotion, experience, habit and activity is listed as a symptom of a mental “disorder.” Johnny’s trials learning math have become code number 315.1, “mathematics disorder.” His refusal to take out the trash is number 313.8, “oppositional defiant disorder” and Judy’s trouble with her English essay is number 315.2, “disorder of written expression.” Parents of typical children those who fidget; fail to pay close attention or follow through with homework; make mistakes in schoolwork; blurt out answers; run about; climb excessively; or are “on the go” are frequently told their children have “Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder” (formerly called Attention Deficit Disorder). They are also told this is a “brain disease” caused by a “chemical imbalance in the brain” and their child needs to take addictive “medication” to correct it.
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