Depression
Depression-The DSM Labels Real Medical Conditions As Psychiatric Disorders
The DSM codes used by doctors and insurance agencies to identify psychiatric disorders are not the only numbers in the book. The DSM also lists codes for general medical conditions that can cause the same symptoms as well as codes for medication-induced disorders. (APA, 2000, p. 409) The fact that both general medical conditions and…
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Dealing With Depression Diagnosis
It is quick, easy and cheap to give a diagnosis of depression but it doesn’t mean you actually have depression. The doctor does not have to do a physical exam or any lab work. Since there is no objective way to diagnose depression, the doctor can take the easy or lazy way out. As I…
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Depression & The Medical Journals
In the journal, Osteopathic Family Practice News, (2002) Dr. Gregory James asserted that all adults should be “screened” for depression or anxiety during their periodic physical exams. He wrote that a nurse or medical assistant could do the screening. Such tell-tale signs as changes in hygiene, avoidance of eye contact, and responses to key questions…
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Feeling Sad Or Depressed Is Not A Psychiatric Disorder
The reasons a person can become depressed are too numerous to list. Sometimes specific situations such as the loss of a loved one or some other tragic events trigger the depression. Some times people feel depressed because their bodies don’t work properly. Depression is a normal response to death or loss, not a psychiatric disorder…
Read MoreAntidepressant Use Increases
JAMA 11 23/30, 2011 The CDC announced that antidepressant use has increased 400% in ten years. Sixty percent of those taking antidepressants had taken them at least two years. Women between the ages of 40 and 59 were the largest group with 23% taking antidepressants. This news indicates huge profits for the drug manufacturers but…
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Bipolar Disorder: Best Treatment Still Uncertain
According to an article in Family Practice News 10/15/2011, “When treating Bipolar depression ‘we are in the land of uncertain where physicians must improvise and do their best with what’s available’.” The article goes on to say, “The published evidence base for treating bipolar depression should not be viewed as synonymous with the best practice.”…
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