How Zealous Psychiatrists are Diagnosing Quirks as Mental Illnesses
South China Morning Post – October 28, 2013 By David Wilson Today it seems that almost everyone is certifiably mad. According to critics, amateur and…
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Too many psychiatric diagnoses for children: an epidemic of labels
Since the publication of DSM-IV in 1994, the rates of 3 mental disorders have skyrocketed: attention deficit disorder (ADD) tripled, autism increased by 20-fold, and childhood bipolar disorder by 40-fold.