Comments on: The Children Formerly Known as Bipolar http://www.mindofmodernity.com/the-children-formerly-known-as-bipolar Exploring modern culture and its effects on the mind Mon, 22 Aug 2011 12:08:36 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Jenn http://www.mindofmodernity.com/the-children-formerly-known-as-bipolar/comment-page-1#comment-48 Jenn Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:31:32 +0000 http://www.mindofmodernity.com/?p=282#comment-48 David, Thank you for this well written piece - the issues you raise are critical. I wonder also about why environmental contributions and causes e.g. family system, traumatic events - are persistently missing from the discussion between family members and psychiatrists about behavioral "problems" in children. As a teacher, I view such "problematic" behaviors as a child's best attempt to adapt and express situational distress, i.e. non-verbally. The field of psychology has long integrated family system considerations where the mainstream media and the field of psychiatry have long resisted, choosing instead the reductionism of locating the problem in the individual and then in the brain or genes of the individual. The Biopsychosocial model of medicine resists locating disease within one person, and instead locates disease as a process located within family systems and relationships. Jenn David,

Thank you for this well written piece – the issues you raise are critical.

I wonder also about why environmental contributions and causes e.g. family system, traumatic events – are persistently missing from the discussion between family members and psychiatrists about behavioral “problems” in children. As a teacher, I view such “problematic” behaviors as a child’s best attempt to adapt and express situational distress, i.e. non-verbally.

The field of psychology has long integrated family system considerations where the mainstream media and the field of psychiatry have long resisted, choosing instead the reductionism of locating the problem in the individual and then in the brain or genes of the individual.

The Biopsychosocial model of medicine resists locating disease within one person, and instead locates disease as a process located within family systems and relationships.

Jenn

]]> By: David http://www.mindofmodernity.com/the-children-formerly-known-as-bipolar/comment-page-1#comment-47 David Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:52:57 +0000 http://www.mindofmodernity.com/?p=282#comment-47 The article comes from NPR's website, check the link in the post. If you're reading the posts in your email subscription, I suggest you still check the site since images, video, and links aren't included in the email. As you'll see, I also included links to the DSM-V website. There are, as you mentioned, a number of other changes proposed other than the addition of this TDD category. The article comes from NPR’s website, check the link in the post. If you’re reading the posts in your email subscription, I suggest you still check the site since images, video, and links aren’t included in the email. As you’ll see, I also included links to the DSM-V website. There are, as you mentioned, a number of other changes proposed other than the addition of this TDD category.

]]> By: nic demauro http://www.mindofmodernity.com/the-children-formerly-known-as-bipolar/comment-page-1#comment-46 nic demauro Mon, 15 Feb 2010 18:23:34 +0000 http://www.mindofmodernity.com/?p=282#comment-46 David, you don't mention what the article was from but I recall, reading or seeing (tv), or hearing (npr) something about that as well. What I recall was that there are a number of previously individually "labeled" disorders that are being rolled into one or more generic new labels. There were at least 10 or 12 old ones changing into 3 or 4 new ones. Of course this in under the guise of removing stigma but really amounts to a standardization of the drugs used to treat these ailments. Dont have the time to look it up now but will do so. David, you don’t mention what the article was from but I recall, reading or seeing (tv), or hearing (npr) something about that as well. What I recall was that there are a number of previously individually “labeled” disorders that are being rolled into one or more generic new labels. There were at least 10 or 12 old ones changing into 3 or 4 new ones. Of course this in under the guise of removing stigma but really amounts to a standardization of the drugs used to treat these ailments.

Dont have the time to look it up now but will do so.

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