tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361358365193630538.post3521716292606730756..comments2024-03-05T01:05:37.027-08:00Comments on IN THE NEWS: Psychiatry rejects new rape disorder for DSM-5Karen Franklin, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/01032855743077403199noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361358365193630538.post-3187548113669549082012-12-14T15:30:43.413-08:002012-12-14T15:30:43.413-08:00As a mental health clinician I find the DSM is too...As a mental health clinician I find the DSM is too inclusive and no longer stands as amanual to exclude but rather include everything as a mental illness. As a Christian, I do not believe in sexual relations outside marriage and the DWM V gives me and every other Christian with the same values a diagnosis of Absexual. As a mental health clinician I find this book already includes too much - such as personality disorders - the anti socials are dangerous and should not be given a diagnosis to keep them out of gaol like it currently does. The DSM IV needs an overhaul and V should NEVER see the light of day!! I won't get started because I could go on and on. Let's suffice it to say that by including PD's - the antisocals and psychopaths not only get out of gaol, they create even more stigma for an already marginalised portion of society who I am proud to advocate for. As a result of this stigma, even news reports like today are quick to label someone as mad. Sorry but BAD does not = mad. From my experience genuine mentally ill people have all they can handle finding the motivation to get out of bed and attend to basic daily cares let alone plan terrible acts of violence. We need to start changing this NOW! Please don;t stop with this rape diagnosis - Please demand a full review and get some of these people off our books and into gaol where they truly belong. Let's stop giving them reason to muck up and send a strong message that they will NOT be able to use mental illness as an excuse. I also advocate that when a person is arrested for a crime, they should have a mental health assessment immediately. If proven not mentally unwell then they face the consequences. As for drugs/alcohol - that is a lifestyle choice not an illness. We are now beginning to reap what we sow. <br />Debshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17351714545806740146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361358365193630538.post-65499612532102896152011-05-12T07:54:51.327-07:002011-05-12T07:54:51.327-07:00I'm a defense lawyer, not a mental health prof...I'm a defense lawyer, not a mental health professional, but adding a DMS category of a mental illness that causes people to rape raises the interesting question of whether they can be guilty of a criminal offense. If they have this mental "disorder" and it causes them to rape and the mental disorder causes them not to know their conduct is wrong, they're innocent of crimes.<br />I wonder if the proponents have thought this through?Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10422756686976294550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361358365193630538.post-12861125356753127082011-05-11T10:34:11.148-07:002011-05-11T10:34:11.148-07:00There are plenty of ways of interpreting the minds...There are plenty of ways of interpreting the minds of rapists as it is, without conjecturing a new 'disease'! I have met a number of these characters in the course of my forensic psychology work, and have not met one yet that was 'mad' (Twitter, @Psytac, Scotland).Ianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06510271188559913442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361358365193630538.post-18655911633789402122011-05-11T10:09:01.797-07:002011-05-11T10:09:01.797-07:00I think it's pretty much the same as before. ...I think it's pretty much the same as before. You need to register an account--I used the one I had from the last round of commenting. Go to the disorder you want to comment on, type stuff into the box and go through about 5 rounds of their extremely annoying CAPTCHA.ACHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06643809450938135601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361358365193630538.post-8330263550473899962011-05-11T07:16:56.216-07:002011-05-11T07:16:56.216-07:00ACH:
Since you seem to keep very up-to-speed on th...ACH:<br />Since you seem to keep very up-to-speed on these things, do you know the best mechanism for giving comments, as allowed through June 15? I searched around the DSM-5 website until I ran out of time, and did not find anything precisely on target. They're certainly not making it easy.Karen Franklin, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01032855743077403199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361358365193630538.post-8754038578106679162011-05-11T07:15:58.948-07:002011-05-11T07:15:58.948-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Karen Franklin, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01032855743077403199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361358365193630538.post-50459192358739620982011-05-10T14:58:10.943-07:002011-05-10T14:58:10.943-07:00I wrote a short piece on Hypersexual Disorder for ...I wrote a short piece on Hypersexual Disorder for an asexual news website: <a href="http://www.asexualnews.com/index.php/cake-recipes/210-hypersexuality-in-the-dsm-a-threat-to-constitutional-rights" rel="nofollow">Hypersexuality in the DSM: A threat to constitutional rights</a>.<br /><br />I then copy-pasted it (with a few editorial fixes) as a comment on the DSM-5 webpage.ACHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06643809450938135601noreply@blogger.com