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Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Just when you think you've heard everything...
My beef with this has nothing to do with a disbelief that some people "do" it, but that it can now be a disorder you "have".
Gag through the whole thing here: PAS
hat tip: Dr. P.
The competition to get your favorite disease recognized in the bible of mental health, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, can be as fierce as the talent contest in the Little Miss St. Paul Contest. The American Psychiatric Association is contemplating adding something called "parental alienation syndrome" (PAS) to the new edition of the DSM, scheduled to be published in May 2013, and the question has launched a national lobbying and letter-writing campaign on both sides. That angry letters and editorials might play any part in a debate about mental health and custody disputes probably tells you most of what you need to know about the validity of PAS.
Gag through the whole thing here: PAS
hat tip: Dr. P.
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