PC Revisions to the Psychobabble Bible
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PC Revisions to the Psychobabble Bible
WASHINGTON - Don't say "mental retardation" — the new term is "intellectual disability." No more diagnoses of Asperger's syndrome — call it a mild version of autism instead. And while "behavioral addictions" will be new to doctors' dictionaries, "Internet addiction" didn't make the cut.
The American Psychiatric Association is proposing major changes Wednesday to its diagnostic bible, the manual that doctors, insurers and scientists use in deciding what's officially a mental disorder and what symptoms to treat. In a new twist, it is seeking feedback via the Internet from both psychiatrists and the general public about whether the changes will be helpful before finalizing them.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35319386/ns/health-mental_health/
SamCogar- Number of posts : 6238
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Re: PC Revisions to the Psychobabble Bible
SamCogar wrote:WASHINGTON - Don't say "mental retardation" — the new term is "intellectual disability." No more diagnoses of Asperger's syndrome — call it a mild version of autism instead. And while "behavioral addictions" will be new to doctors' dictionaries, "Internet addiction" didn't make the cut.
The American Psychiatric Association is proposing major changes Wednesday to its diagnostic bible, the manual that doctors, insurers and scientists use in deciding what's officially a mental disorder and what symptoms to treat. In a new twist, it is seeking feedback via the Internet from both psychiatrists and the general public about whether the changes will be helpful before finalizing them.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35319386/ns/health-mental_health/
Does that mean that Al Gore cannot claim that conservatives have an extra chromosome like those with Downs Syndrome.?
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