New edition of Psychiatry's Bible labels excessive grief a medical disorder

#1

As a fairly recent widow, I found this rather appalling - sure some people need a bit of medical help dealing with grief and loss of a spouse, parent, child, or another person close to them, by medicalizing these drug companies stand to make vast profits as insurance companies can now be billed for treating the “grief disorder” and patients risk being put on drugs for years instead a few weeks until they can cope with their situation again. Basically, I fear they are making a temporary situation (for most people) permanent and a disease to be treated rather than a great emotional upheaval that may not stop at the one-year mark but that doesn’t mean it is a disease either.

From Zero Hedge

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he latest edition of the DSM, psychiatry’s “bible” of mental disorders, features an entirely new one: excessive grieving for a deceased loved one.

The NYT reported over the weekend that the inclusion of the new “disorder” marks an end to a prolonged debate within the field of mental health, prompting researchers and clinicians to view intense grief as a target for medical “treatment”, aka the prescribing of psychiatric medication, which would likely lead to a financial windfall for pharmaceutical companies. The disorder’s inclusion in the DSM-5, the latest edition of the manual, means insurers can be billed for the medication.

The new diagnosis, prolonged grief disorder, was designed to apply to a narrow slice of the population who are incapacitated, pining and ruminating a year after a loss, and unable to return to previous activities.

Its inclusion in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders means that clinicians can now bill insurance companies for treating people for the condition.
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#2

There is nothing more dangerous than those in psychiatry/psychology. When they decide you have a mental disorder, they can control your life (take children, guns, car, etc.). If you need to talk to one of these “professionals”, the fact that you consulted with one means you are forever a mental RISK. God forbid you fall into their pharmaceutical trap as what they may prescribe, could be nearly impossible to stop and ultimately, lethal.

This is clearly a “profession” that will need re-evaluation once we turn the medical community on its head. They brought it on themselves by not being scientists and questioning the untested vaccine and following the insurance recommended deadly hospital protocols for CV19. Big Pharma will go down first.

Sorry to hear about your loss, Melodi. I lost my second husband from cancer when he was 43. Only time heals that wound but nothing takes it all away. I still see him sometimes, or someone who looks like him, and it always makes me smile. I was told by a widowed friend that you must never change anything for at least 2 years as it takes that long before you can make good decisions for yourself. i think that was good advice.

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#3

I’m afraid you’re right about the state modern “medicine” is in, and share your hope that that it’ll
ultimately turn a corner for the better.
My sympathies for the untimely loss of your husband. You certainly are a very courageous person!

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#4

Melodi - it’s sad and ironic that we’ve been betrayed by those we were told to trust the most.
Condolences for your recent loss.
Healing thoughts!

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#5

I was at a funeral a few years ago held at the village grave yard, the husband had committed suicide by hanging himself from the graveyard cross. He was the local cab driver and the entire village went because everyone knew him.

During the keening (the wailing of the mourners) the widow tried several times to throw herself in her husband’s grave. I actually asked someone I was with, “why is she here and/or why isn’t their at least a nurse with her?” I mean in that sort of urgent, sudden, deep and potentially suicidal grief I can see using some medication (or even a hospital) for a few days or weeks until the person rebalances.

But those types of situations are rare, and in my experience as a Priestess during the HIV epidemic of the late 1980s/early 1990s usually only last a few days - by the end of the week most widows and widowers can at least marginally cope and don’t need watching 24/7 to keep from harming themselves. Which doesn’t mean they (or we) are OK but it does mean they don’t need heavy drugs for years either.

#6

Psychiatry is nothing more than an endless series of chemical reactions in/on the human brain/body. Freud was a demented fraud with a mommy fetish.

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#7

One rather thinks that the documentary "The Minds of Men"once and for all debunked the “chemical” hypothesis/claim. See #truthstreammedia, truthstreamnews, Breggin et.al.

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#8

They don’t call them the-rapist for nothing. I’ve seen my share as a practice manager for nine years at an out patient behavioral health private company.

Oh and it’s more than the chemicals. Everything is engineered and not in a therapeutic way (cough cough).

Melodi I am so sorry for your loss.

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