21 Oct 10
Originally posted by adam warlockThe manual identifies a new mental illness called “oppositional defiant disorder” or ODD. Defined as an “ongoing pattern of disobedient, hostile and defiant behavior,” symptoms include questioning authority, negativity, defiance, argumentativeness, and being easily annoyed.
Apparently having your own ideas is bad now... 😕 😕 😕
http://offthegridnews.com/2010/10/08/is-free-thinking-a-mental-illness/
And there are treatments available.
You must conform. Resistance is futile.
21 Oct 10
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Originally posted by adam warlockWell, I guess it all depends on how much of a "free-thinker" you are. Purely symptom-based medicine is usually trying to draw lines in a continuum so I'm guessing only extreme cases (which might lead to serious inability to socialize) will be diagnosed as disorders.
Apparently having your own ideas is bad now... 😕 😕 😕
http://offthegridnews.com/2010/10/08/is-free-thinking-a-mental-illness/
21 Oct 10
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Originally posted by sonhouseI agree. I was being tongue-in-cheek with my last post, but the author of that article is implying that diagnosing these kinds of disorders is a bad thing. It is this diagnosis which helps people to conduct their lives better and do better in society.
That's an annoying article.
As Palynka pointed out. When things are taken to the extreme where it effects our everyday lives, it becomes a problem. Something that we do on a regular basis which we enjoy and doesn't cause any harm should be fine. When it becomes a habit, and leading to obsession, then that can be harmful.
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21 Oct 10
Originally posted by lauseyWell... yeah. In theory. But we all know that what is often taken to extremes in these cases is not cynicism and arrogance (and believe me, I know, I'm candidate world champion at both), but politically correct abuse of the pseudo-scientific parts of psychiatry.
I agree. I was being tongue-in-cheek with my last post, but the author of that article is implying that diagnosing these kinds of disorders is a bad thing. It is this diagnosis which helps people to conduct their lives better and do better in society.
As Palynka pointed out. When things are taken to the extreme where it effects our everyday lives, it becom ...[text shortened]... rm should be fine. When it becomes a habit, and leading to obsession, then that can be harmful.
It's much like ADHD. There are whole oceans of difference between someone with real ADHD, and the majority of simply badly raised children these days whose lazy, good-for-nothing parents get them put on Ritalin just to be shot of the effort of caring for their spawn. In the mean time, those children who really do have a serious ADHD problem, and they do exist, can barely get the treatment they need due to the strain put on the system by useless middle-class parents.
I can already see how these new diagnoses will be used in very similar ways. Can't you?
Richard
21 Oct 10
Originally posted by Shallow BlueTrue that new diagnoses will be used in very similar ways, but all the more reason why we should diagnose properly. It is the pseudo-science that we should strive to eliminate.
Well... yeah. In theory. But we all know that what is often taken to extremes in these cases is not cynicism and arrogance (and believe me, I know, I'm candidate world champion at both), but politically correct abuse of the pseudo-scientific parts of psychiatry.
It's much like ADHD. There are whole oceans of difference between someone with real ADHD, ...[text shortened]... already see how these new diagnoses will be used in very similar ways. Can't you?
Richard
People with real ADHD do need to be helped, and it is better for them to be diagnosed in order to help them, than no diagnosis at all.
There will as far as I can see, unfortunately, always be pseudo-science, but we should not let this interfere with our progression of genuine science.
22 Oct 10
ODD has been about in Special Education for a while.
Difficult to diagnose and no specific treatment (as far as I know)
I teach a boy who (we think) has ODD.
You want him to sit down you tell him to stand up.
You want him to be quiet you tell him to shout.
His response to everything is "NO"
😀
22 Oct 10
Originally posted by wolfgang59there's people like that at work.
ODD has been about in Special Education for a while.
Difficult to diagnose and no specific treatment (as far as I know)
I teach a boy who (we think) has ODD.
You want him to sit down you tell him to stand up.
You want him to be quiet you tell him to shout.
His response to everything is [b]"NO"
😀[/b]