Leading psychologists in UK and Europe have cast doubts over the upcoming edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), which terms shyness and rebellious nature of children as mental illness.
The DSM-5 will also categorize uncertainty over gender, loneliness and unhappiness following bereavement as chronic depressive disorder while a serial rapist is to be categorized as suffering from paraphilic coercive disorder.
Depression
Depression is one of the most common mental disorders affecting approximately 340 million people in the world. No one is immune from depression - it occurs in people of all social classes, all countries and all cultural settings.
Advertisement
The updated edition, which is to be published in May by the American Psychiatric Association, has already garnered controversy in Europe with leading psychologists stating that a number of "symptoms" should not be viewed as mental illnesses.
The experts added that while hundreds of thousands of people can be wrongly termed as mentally ill, sex offenders can easily escape any punishment by stating that they were mentally ill as per the manual.
![Stuttering]( "Stuttering")
Stuttering, stammering or disfluency is a speech disorder that can hamper communication and affect a person's quality of life. Its impact can be treated effectively by stuttering therapy.
"Many people who are shy, bereaved, eccentric, or have unconventional romantic lives will suddenly find themselves labeled as mentally ill. It's not humane, it's not scientific, and it won't help decide what help a person needs", Peter Kinderman, a clinical psychologist and head of Liverpool University's Institute of Psychology, said.
Source: Medindia
Stuttering
Stuttering, stammering or disfluency is a speech disorder that can hamper communication and affect a person's quality of life. Its impact can be treated effectively by stuttering therapy.
Advertisement
"Many people who are shy, bereaved, eccentric, or have unconventional romantic lives will suddenly find themselves labeled as mentally ill. It's not humane, it's not scientific, and it won't help decide what help a person needs", Peter Kinderman, a clinical psychologist and head of Liverpool University's Institute of Psychology, said.
Source: Medindia
Can You Cope with Your Children’s Tantrums?
It is natural for children to throw tantrums, but how parents react to such situations makes all the difference in the life of a family.
Advertisement
Advertisement
|
Advertisement
Recommended Readings
Latest Child Health News
Children with amblyopia or lazy eye who underwent digital vision training, showed no appreciable improvement in their eyesight.
In 2022, over 20% of children worldwide lacked adequate calories for growth, with 45+ million showing wasting (underweight for height).
After PCV7 licensure, pneumococcal infection rates in children aged 5+ with sickle cell disease significantly decreased.
Breast milk concentration of certain key proteins indicates abundance of healthy bacteria in babies' guts.
Compared to young children who grow up in rural areas, city kids are more prone to suffer respiratory infections due to environmental factors.
