Psychiatry Journal Clutching At Straws

Hey you?

Who, me?

Yeh, who did you think I was talking to?

I'm sorry, who are you?

I'm you, we are but one.

Oh, okay, let's smoke.

I don't mean to make light of schizophrenia, I'll leave that to the Lancet Psychiatry Journal, who have recently published a study - um, a theory, on the association between smoking and schizophrenia.

When the story appeared on my Facebook timeline I had to do a double-take. What were the white-coated lunatics trying to blame mental illness on now, I thought?

Well, it appears that yet another theory has been put forward. The chemical imbalance theory, which psychiatry relied on so heavily has now been debunked so many times that the field of psychiatry have to come up with another causation for mental illness.

Create a study, add what looks like a scientific protocol, ie, a series of confusing maths, and Voila! A new cause is created.

I do laugh at some of the nonsense - um, nonscience, published in the Lancet. It's quickly becoming one of my choices of light-hearted reading, the first two choices being The Beano and The Dandy.

The British arm of the Citizen's Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) sum it all up quite eloquently in a post entitled, 'Psychiatrists can’t even define ‘schizophrenia’'.

"There can be no doubt that people do experience problems and upsets in life that may result in mental troubles, sometimes very serious, but to represent that these troubles are caused by incurable “brain diseases” that can only be alleviated with dangerous drugs is dishonest, harmful and often deadly. Neuroleptic (nerve-seizing) drugs, used to treat schizophrenia, cause damage to the body’s nervous system and result in permanent impairment, even death."

I couldn't agree more. To me it seems as though the white-coated lunatics are running out of ideas, remember, this is the same profession who, years ago, would have drilled a hole in the side of your head if you told them you were hearing voices.

Nothing has changed really. Okay, no drilling but plenty of brain altering drugs dished out to cure or 'help' control the illness that the field of psychiatry put a badge to (labelled) many years ago.

I am of the impression that these studies, um theories, are designed just to test the water, just to see how far psychiatry can go without a public backlash. It amazes me that people can't see through this latest attempt at pushing more drugs.

Think about it for just one minute folks.

Scare people into thinking that smoking can cause a brain disorder - those same people (addicted to nicotine) may seek help.

**Psychiatrist hands them Zyban (GSK) a smoking cessation drug that is really an antidepressant (Wellbutrin) or maybe offer them Champix (Pfizer), another smoking cessation drug, this one has been the subject of inducing suicidal thoughts for years.

The scam continues, folks.

One of the study authors, James MacCabe, a physician at King College’s Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, said, "While it is always hard to determine the direction of causality, our findings indicate that smoking should be taken seriously as a possible risk factor for developing psychosis, and not dismissed simply as a consequence of the illness."

Apparently he was under no influence of hallucinogenics when he made that statement.

Hopefully, the Lancet will soon be sold in my local shop, it's so hilariously entertaining that I, sometimes wet myself whilst reading it. (Impulse Control Disorder)

This story was brought to you by Benson & Hedges and Marlboro.




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Mental Disorders Are Contagious

I've found proof that mental disorders are contagious.

It's a shocking revelation, I know.

But as a writer, who is pretty much against the use of psychiatric medications, I feel I must relay this information.

I've trawled through hundreds of case files and found a common link that unquestionably proves that mental illnesses are contagious.

I'm surprised this has not been picked up before.

You see, it's quite simple really.

Take 100 patients with varying degrees of social problems ranging from financial worries, sexual problems, relationship problems etc.

Take 100 psychiatrists with varying degrees of clinical experience.

Each patient visits 3 different psychiatrists.

Patient 1 sees 3 different psychiatrists. He/she is diagnosed with 3 different mental disorders.

All patients are diagnosed with brain diseases, some have more diseases than others.

100 patients, who remember just had social problems going on in their lives, each now have a mental disorder or a number of brain abnormalities.

Each illness has been passed on by their psychiatrist.

Ergo - Mental Disorders are contagious.

Signs that show you may have been contaminated.

Keep a lookout for:

1. Various forms of paraphernalia dotted around your psychiatrist's office that advertise pharmaceutical products or companies. Things like mouse-mats, cups, umbrella's, writing pads etc.

2. Check your prescription, if it has the brand name of the drug then it's highly likely that your psychiatrist is a carrier of a mental disorder.

3. Carriers are often in denial. If you question their diagnosis they will talk down to you and tell you not to believe everything you read on the Internet.

4. Carriers often stutter and blush when you ask them for evidence of the mental disorder they have labelled you with.

5. Carriers are often invited to drug company presentations (also known as symposiums). Ask your psychiatrist if they have ever attended any such event.

6. Carriers often tout the chemical imbalance theory. They claim you have one that is causing your mental disorder. Ask them for proof of this, if they can't show you then they have more than likely been infected with a mental disorder themselves.

7. Carriers often play down the risks of the drugs they prescribe you. Ask them...

If the drugs are addictive.

If the drugs can induce homicidal acts.

If the drugs can induce suicide or suicidal thoughts.

If the drugs can increase psychosis.

If the drugs can increase birth defects.

If they answer 'no' to any of the above then the likelihood is that they have been infected.

8. Carriers often suggest that your mental disorder is in your genes. Ask them for scientific proof of this. If they stall, stutter or blush then, chances are, they have been infected.

9. If you are a woman who is pregnant carriers will suggest that your mental disorder will be passed on to your fetus if you do not treat your brain illness. Ask them for scientific proof of this. Refer to # 4.

10. If you spot a copy of The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) then it's highly likely that your psychiatrist has been infected.


All we need now is some sort of immunization.

No drugs just plain common sense.

Steer clear of the psychiatrist's office.

Bob Fiddaman.




References

Logic in the Human Brain - From the Journal of Common sense

Professor Graham Burrows Accused of "Guinea Pig" Trial

Australian psychiatrist Graham Burrows has been accused by a former patient of using a non-approved psychiatric drug on her, 7 News has revealed. The patient told 7 News that when she confronted Burrows he threatened her with involuntary committal in a psychiatric ward

Burrows, whom I have highlighted many times on this blog, faces scrutiny as other former patients have now come forward with the intention of legal action.

Previous posts about Burrows:


News 7: More Complaints Against Prof Graham Burrows

Australian Psychiatrist Graham Burrows Denies Any "Wrongdoing"

Professor Graham Burrows - The "Cosmetic Psychiatrist?"

Paddy McGorry's DeLorean Program - The Survey

The early intervention program is akin to the chemical imbalance theory in as much that it is based purely on speculation. There is no science behind it, none at all. Possibility is not an excuse for treatment, if it were, then smokers would be offered chemotherapy years in advance of "possibly" developing lung cancer. McGorry et al can no more predict a mental disorder than you or I can next weeks Lotto numbers. To fund any program based on speculation is a high risk... in as much as the same way of treating the disorders with psychiatric medications that have a proven track record of causing suicide and horrific withdrawal problems.

You can now complete an online survey and also offer your thoughts on Patrick McGorry's EPPIC model. 

Take the survey HERE

More about McGorry and the DeLorean Mob:

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28,




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The Defence of Prof. Ian Hickie

Prof Ian Hickie

Patrick McGorry's sidekick, Prof Ian Hickie, has come out fighting this week with an opinion piece that was published on the Sydney Morning Herald website.

One would have thought that Hickie, who I have highlighted before on this blog, [Back story] would have used the Sydney Morning Herald as a platform to show evidence that the DeLorean Machine [The Early Intervention Program] was fool proof and robust.

Instead, Hickie chose to slam his critics...and he did so in the style and ahem, candour, that anyone who opposes his fairy tale theories would expect.

Here's a snippet:

...an odd mix of armchair critics, conspiracy theorists and a former chairman of the American Diagnostic and Statistical Manual taskforce, Dr Allen Frances, oppose the expansion of early intervention programs for teenagers and young adults. Conversely, child advocates have attacked the proposed reforms for putting too little emphasis on the expansion of specialised child services.

In parallel, the Scientologists have repeatedly used freedom of information legislation to mount an ''investigation'' into the work of McGorry, our colleagues and myself. Various members of these groups have made highly personal ''conflict of interest'' allegations in an attempt to distract attention from the evidence that favours these new approaches.

Way to go Hickie!

When all else fails shout conspiracy or Scientology. One would have thought psychiatrists and professors would have devised a better argument after all these years. Amazing isn't it, they can pluck an "illness" out of thin air yet call them to task over it and you are labelled an armchair critic, conspiracy theorist or Scientologist.

These guys just love their labels eh.


Ian Hickie was the inaugural CEO (2000-2003) of 'beyondblue: the national depression initiative', which has very successfully sold depression in Australia, with many millions of dollars of government money. This has worked brilliantly for the drug companies, and beyondblue does not accept pharma funding, so the drug companies get the promotion for free. I've previously wrote about beyondblue back in November 2008.


Beyondblue and Hickie paved the way for EPPIC, a psychiatric service aimed at addressing the needs of older adolescents and young adults with emerging psychotic disorders.

Hickie and McGorry had already been working together for several years, in fact Hickie is a key player in McGorry's 'Headspace'.

The PDF above is a seemingly egregious example of the conflicts of interests that exist: a whole journal supplement based on the SPHERE project clinical audit. The audit was funded by Bristol-Myers Squibb (see p. S54), the manufacturer of Serzone. The publication of the supplement was funded by beyondblue with Commonwealth [Australian] Government money (see title page).

The audit, which used Hickie's SPHERE questionnaire, found ridiculously high rates of mental disorders. This was reported in the supplement by Hickie, Davenport, Naismith, & Scott (2001, p. 52) as:

'Sixty-three per cent of people attending general practice have some evidence of mental disorder (including alcohol or other substance misuse) by self-report or GP's diagnosis of psychological difficulties.'

63%?

That's some cash cow huh?

Not surprisingly, if you scroll to the bottom of the PDF you will find: Source: Hickie et al. Educational Health Solutions; 2000

As long as the DeLorean Mob continue to berate their critics with name-calling, their critics will continue to press for the science behind their theories.

To be honest, any name-calling aimed in my direction really is water off a duck's back. It just highlights the inability of the other side to prove their point and shows them to be straw clutchers. It's just their way of stifling voices.

I'm reminded of my childhood days:

Scene: Early 70's School playground, me eating a packet of crisps.

CLASSMATE: Give me a crisp Fid.

ME: No.

CLASSMATE: You big gay!

Some things just never change.

Related posts: -

Hickierie Dickory Doc - McGorry Turns Back the Clock

33 year old mother slams Hickie

This one is especially for Ian Hickie and his DeLorean mob:

Another Psychiatrist Slams McGorry's DeLorean Mob

Australian Psychiatrist, Patrick McGorry. A soothsayer who can predict the future mental health of children.

Superb article written by psychiatrist Tanveer Ahmed is doing the rounds. In it, he [I assume it is as he] picks apart Paddy McGorry's flux capacitor on his time-travelling DeLorean.

On September 13, 2011, smh.com.au ran with an article entitled "Politics and mental health a poor mix", McGorry and his sidekick, Prof Ian Hickie, come under scrutiny once again.

Ahmed writes:

In one of the more farcical applications of psychiatry to political debates, a report this month linked inaction on climate change to the possibility of worsening mental health. Released by the Climate Institute, it suggested that increasing natural disasters might be linked to climate change, which might lead to increased costs in mental healthcare. The evidence for every link was slight at best, yet the novelty of the report ensured widespread attention.

It was launched by Professor Ian Hickie, who has been rightly recognised for giving mental health a greater profile, but who has also played politics to do so.

Hickie has done more than any other clinician to promote tick-a-box diagnosis, particularly among general practitioners, who now regularly prescribe antidepressants through questionnaires alone. With former Australian of the Year Professor Patrick McGorry, Hickie has made overblown claims about the prevalence of mental health.

It is disingenuous to suggest, as McGorry has done, that there is no conflict of interest because their organisations are non-profit. Their bodies shared in $2.2 billion of funding in the federal budget. Their exorbitant claims - such as one in four people will suffer mental illness - are indicative of a blurring of the lines between illness and normal, human responses to adversity.

For Hickie to claim that climate change can cause mental illness  is yet another reason why people should not take McGorry's band of DeLorean driving merry men seriously. They will be predicting the weather next!

Weatherman: Tomorrow sees a north-easterly breeze and cloudy skies in the south. Please take your Paxil as not to give yourself a mental disorder.

**This forecast was brought to you by LoonHayTic Pharma PLC


Earlier this year McGorry pulled a clinical trial. He, with the financial assistance of Seroquel manufacturer Astra Zeneca, wanted to carry out a clinical trial [of sorts] with children, amongst others, who had not yet been diagnosed with a psychotic illness.


Psychiatrists, psychologists and researchers from all over the world lodged a complaint when they heard of the planned trial.

McGorry pulled the trial and now denies that the complaint had anything to do with his decision. If the 9 page complaint didn't change McGorry's mind...then what did?

If you look at the Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry listing you will see that it was changed to say that ethics approval had been received on 8 July 2010: [HERE]

Yet on the 16 Aug 2011 there was no mention of this - [HERE]

I find it strange that the criteria for a clinical trial can change, almost overnight, when one of it's supporters comes under fire from his peers.

It's a sunny day here as I write this, forecast for the weekend predicts rain. Anyone got any psych meds?

More about McGorry HERE.




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Patrick McGorry, Clinical Trials and the Flaws

A thought just occurred to me regarding Aussie shrink Patrick 'DeLorean' McGorry and his heavily criticised early intervention program.

For those that have never heard of McGorry he is the Australian psychiatrist who basically can predict if a child will fall foul of a "mental illness" in future years. This is based on family history and...well, erm... likelihood. In other words it's a guessing game.

Anyway, whilst browsing the Clinical trials website it occurred to me that many, if not all pharmaceutical companies, have an exclusion criteria when carrying out clinical trials. An example would be a recently completed Paxil trial. Some of exclusion criteria was:

Patients with a history or complication of another (non-MDD) mental disorder (schizophrenia, etc.)
Patients with a history or complication of manic episodes

Patients diagnosed as having an attentional deficit disorder or hyperactivity disorder

Patients with a 3 or more-point score of "suicide" (HAM-D Item 3) or with a strong suicidal tendency by C-SSRS and investigator clinical judgement.

The full exclusion criteria for this particular trial can be read HERE.

Anyway, the point I am making here is thus:

If Paddy McGorry believes he can predict if a child will fall foul of a psychosis like illness and he firmly believes his early intervention program is fool proof then what of future exclusion criteria in clinical trials?

Surely if, in the above instance, those deemed to have been diagnosed with "ADHD" could not be part of certain clinical trials then what of McGorry's line of kids he has waiting to tick boxes to see if they will fall foul of such a disorder in future years?

Pharma can't have their cake and eat it. Maybe they should contact McGorry to pre-test all the children they add to their clinical trials.

**ring ring ring ring

"Hello, Paddy McGorry speaking."

"Hello Paddy, GSK here. We was just wondering if you could screen a bunch of kids for us to see if they will fall foul of a mental disorder sometime in the future."

**KA CHING

"Of course, send them over."


Maybe with the DeLorean Intervention Program, McGorry may just stop kids being picked for trials by pharmaceutical companies who, despite knowing their psychiatric medication is not safe for kids, continue to find ways to use it on kids.

If McGorry's program is so fool proof then why don't pharmaceutical companies use it before accepting children and teens onto their clinical trials?

I think my argument is valid, don't you?

Your move Paddy.

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Who Moved The Goalposts on Patrick McGorry's Clinical Trial

The DeLorean v Google Cache

So, Former Australian of the year Patrick McGorry has published a rebuttal on his blog to all the criticism he has received.

It's a response to an article by Jill Stark that appeared in The Age, a popular Australian newspaper.

McGorry writes:

The article is entirely based on misleadingly linking two entirely separate events. These events are: the decision of Orygen Youth Health Research Centre (for which I am Executive Director) not to proceed with an already ethically approved trial of the medication.

I'm glad he has raised the ethical issue.

If you look at the Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry listing you will see that it was changed to say that ethics approval had been received on 8 July 2010: [FIG 1]

Yet on the 16 Aug 2011 there was no mention of this - [FIG2]

I find it strange that the criteria for a clinical trial can change, almost overnight, when one of it's supporters comes under fire from his peers

So, one has to ask why McGorry's claim that his trial was 'ethically approved' only appeared on Sunday night, hours after he had been slammed by the Australian press? The Google cache is a journalist's DeLorean Mr McGorry. It may also be your downfall.

FIG 1 How the clinical trial looks today

FIG 2 How the clinical trial looked on Aug 16, 2011

A glitch in the flux capacitor, perhaps?


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McGorry Seroquel Drug Trial - The Complaint

Former Australian of the Year, Patrick McGorry

Jill Stark's superb exposé on Australian psychiatrist Patrick McGorry has caused a storm down under. 

McGorry, with the financial assistance of Seroquel manufacturer Astra Zeneca, wanted to carry out a clinical trial [of sorts] with children, amongst others, who had not yet been diagnosed with a psychotic illness.

Psychiatrists, psychologists and researchers from all over the world lodged a complaint when they heard of the planned trial.

McGorry pulled the trial and now denies that the complaint had anything to do with his decision. If the 9 page complaint didn't change McGorry's mind...then what did?

McGorry appeared an Australia's Lateline 24 hours prior to Jill Stark's article went to press

Related Articles:

Patrick McGorry: "Hey... Paddy... Leave Those Kids Alone"

Patrick McGorry - Torn Asunder Down Under

Early Intervention, McGorry, Politics & TV Shows

Psychiatrist Patrick McGorry Slams His Critics [Diddums]

Is Australia's "Number One Man" Misleading The Public?

Pre-Mental Disorder Screening and Drugging - THE PHARMACEUTICAL DELOREAN

Patrick McGorry's Delorean Pulls Over For New Passenger

Patrick McGorry and Co Under Fire

Hickierie Dickory Doc - McGorry Turns Back the Clock

Psychiatrist's Assessment of Patrick McGorry

Patrick McGorry's "Back to the Future" 2008 Study

Australian Doctor Magazine Sees Patrick McGorry Defend His Position

Are The Wheels Coming Off Patrick McGorry's DeLorean?

 Professor Graham Burrows - The "Cosmetic Psychiatrist?" [Updated 7.34pm]

 Patrick McGorry Responds to Criticism by Allen Frances

Australian Member of Parliament, Martin Whitely, also speaks out against McGorry's Headspace initiative HERE.

Patrick McGorry's Headstrong DeLorean Posse Part I 



Can someone ask Paddy to define better?


 




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Was McGorry Forced To Pull AstraZeneca Funded Trial on Children?

Australian psychiatrist/soothsayer, Patrick McGorry

Jill Stark has a revealing article about Prof. Patrick McGorry running in tomorrow's edition of 'The Age'. Because of the time difference UK/Australia...or maybe because I've been pushed into the future 'DeLorean' style, that article is now available online.

Stark's investigation shows how McGorry planned to carry out a trial using the antipsychotic Seroquel on children as young as 15. The trial, funded by AstraZeneca, was to "investigate whether the drug would decrease or delay the risk of people aged between 15 and 40 with early signs of mental illness developing a psychotic disorder such as schizophrenia", writes Stark.

Psychiatrists, psychologists and researchers from all over the world lodged a complaint when they heard of the planned trial, resulting in the trial being pulled.

I cannot quite grasp why anyone would want to give someone a mind altering drug to see if it would deter an onset of an illness that the subject may or may not get. It defies logic. Then again, when have pharmaceutical companies applied any logic when it comes to medicating children with disorders invented by those nutty professors in white coats?

McGorry claims the decision to scrap the trial was made in June and is unrelated to the complaint. Yeh right, and I've just witnessed a pig fly past my window and an owl and a pussycat rowing a pea green boat!

Stark's article can be read in full HERE

It seems more and more people are now speaking out against McGorry's soothsayer ways, something the citizens commission on human rights [CCHR] have been doing for years. Long may it continue.


Related Articles:

Patrick McGorry: "Hey... Paddy... Leave Those Kids Alone"

Patrick McGorry - Torn Asunder Down Under

Early Intervention, McGorry, Politics & TV Shows

Psychiatrist Patrick McGorry Slams His Critics [Diddums]

Is Australia's "Number One Man" Misleading The Public?

Pre-Mental Disorder Screening & Drugging - THE PHARMACEUTICAL DELOREAN

Patrick McGorry's Delorean Pulls Over For New Passenger

Patrick McGorry & Co Under Fire

Hickierie Dickory Doc - McGorry Turns Back the Clock

Psychiatrist's Assessment of Patrick McGorry

Patrick McGorry's "Back to the Future" 2008 Study

Australian Doctor Magazine Sees Patrick McGorry Defend His Position

Are The Wheels Coming Off Patrick McGorry's DeLorean?

Professor Graham Burrows - The "Cosmetic Psychiatrist?" [Updated 7.34pm]

Patrick McGorry Responds to Criticism by Allen Frances

Australian Member of Parliament, Martin Whitely, also speaks out against McGorry's Headspace initiative HERE.

Patrick McGorry's Headstrong DeLorean Posse Part I



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Professor McGorry Defends Early Intervention DeLorean Program

Australian Psychiatrist, Patrick McGorry. A soothsayer who can predict the future  mental health of children.

Australian soothsayer Patrick McGorry has been defending his early intervention program by appearing on Lateline, an Australian Broadcasting Corporation current affairs programme.

McGorry, who I have highlighted on this blog many times, claims the early intervention model he promotes has been proven to reduce mental illness symptoms and reduce costs to the health system.

'Proven' is past tense by the way.

Most notably, McGorry stated:

'What the studies actually show is there is no need to use anti-psychotic medications as first line in these patients [at high risk of developing psychosis].'

NB: The phrase 'first line' signals that he is not completely backing away from the use of antipsychotics in at-risk patients.

Also notable was the patronising but predictable dismissal by McGorry, Mendoza, and Crosbie of criticism as envy, in-fighting, bizarre, ignorant, self-defeating.... [I've seen playground bullies with better tactical skills]

Here's the transcript of his performance on Lateline


Related Articles:

Patrick McGorry: "Hey... Paddy... Leave Those Kids Alone"

Patrick McGorry - Torn Asunder Down Under

Early Intervention, McGorry, Politics & TV Shows

Psychiatrist Patrick McGorry Slams His Critics [Diddums]

Is Australia's "Number One Man" Misleading The Public?

Pre-Mental Disorder Screening & Drugging - THE PHARMACEUTICAL DELOREAN

Patrick McGorry's Delorean Pulls Over For New Passenger

Patrick McGorry & Co Under Fire

Hickierie Dickory Doc - McGorry Turns Back the Clock

Psychiatrist's Assessment of Patrick McGorry

Patrick McGorry's "Back to the Future" 2008 Study

Australian Doctor Magazine Sees Patrick McGorry Defend His Position

Are The Wheels Coming Off Patrick McGorry's DeLorean?

Professor Graham Burrows - The "Cosmetic Psychiatrist?" [Updated 7.34pm]

Patrick McGorry Responds to Criticism by Allen Frances

Australian Member of Parliament, Martin Whitely, also speaks out against McGorry's Headspace initiative HERE.

Patrick McGorry's Headstrong DeLorean Posse Part I


OTHER LINKS

Jill Stark did an excellent article about criticism of Patrick McGorry in The Sunday Age on 7 August. The Age is Melbourne's main newspaper, and the article was apparently on the front page, so the article would have been at least glanced at by many people. Six letters (including one from McGorry) were published in response:

McGorry accused of conflict of interest

The Big Issue: Mental Health

Not surprisingly, McGorry also responded with a piece on his website:
Merchants of doubt do no favours for people with mental illnesses


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DSM-5 Written for Lunatics...By Lunatics

A great article by Allen Frances MD has appeared in the Psychiatric Times with regard to the updated version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders [DSM]

The DSM-5 Scientific Review Group have already accepted the proposal of the wacky white coated buffoons new 'diseases'. That's right folks, it now means Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder [DMDD] can be added to, an already, long list of mental disorders.

So, how do these lunatics define DMDD?

Well, in a nutshell [pardon the pun] DMDD is a temper tantrum. We've all had them and, as parents, have all witnessed them. Now, it would appear, the white coated pill pushers wish to suppress yet another form of human expression. Guess what folks? This 'illness' is treatable but us adults have to be alert. The DSM-5 ask parents, teachers and peers to be observant.

A. The disorder is characterized by severe recurrent temper outbursts in response to common stressors.
1. The temper outbursts are manifest verbally and/or behaviorally, such as in the form of verbal rages, or physical aggression towards people or property.
2. The reaction is grossly out of proportion in intensity or duration to the situation or provocation.
3. The responses are inconsistent with developmental level.

B. Frequency: The temper outbursts occur, on average, three or more times per week.

C. Mood between temper outbursts:
1. Nearly every day, the mood between temper outbursts is persistently negative (irritable, angry, and/or sad).
2. The negative mood is observable by others (e.g., parents, teachers, peers).

They've pretty much covered every human emotion now with the various updates over the years. Are you happy, are you sad, do you feel angry, do you feel lonely, are you shy, are you tired, do you have too much energy, do you wet the bed...the list is endless - all treatable 'diseases' by way of pharmaceutical drugs designed to fuck up the chemicals in the minds of the young whose brains have not yet fully developed.

The DSM is the Bible of psychiatry, I don't know how that term was ever coined, it would be feasible to suggest that they [white coated loons] coined it themselves. They want to play God, they want to alter the chemistry in young brains before they are given a chance of life and if that child dies as a result of these powerful medications, tough titty - they just blame the illness... that they invented. Talk about cornering a market!

Not content with diagnosing if a child presently has a 'mental disorder' other psychiatrists now believe they can predict if a child will fall into the cesspit of invented disorders. "Well, Mrs Jones, your 6 year old son may not have psychosis now but we believe he will develop an onset of schizophrenia in his teens...here, give him one of these daily." **Hands Mrs Jones a packet of Ritalin.

Never one to miss an opportunity to lampoon these mindless cretins, I've created a further two mental disorders that the lunatics missed out on. Special thanks to Australian psychiatrist, Patrick McGorry, for use of his time-travelling DeLorean.

Fictional character, Rab C Nesbitt has a severe form of TSD

A. TSD - Talking Scottish Disorder
1. The accent is indecipherable, almost gibberish. The onset of TSD starts at birth. Recommended that the families move across the border to England, further south than Newcastle, further north than Cornwall [See TGD - Talking Geordie Disorder and TCD - Talking Cornish Disorder] This disorder also applies to children born into Welsh families who use the Welsh language, TWD.

Male midlife crisis - "Quick, where's my bandana!"

B. PMCD - Preventable Midlife Crisis Disorder
1.Midlife crisis affects both the male and female adult population of the western world. Mid 40's to early 50's males can be seen wearing earrings, or sporting baseball caps or bandana's. Extreme sufferers shave their heads upon the onset of baldness [see GBS - Going Bald Syndrome]. It's a given that the human psyche will fall foul of this vanity disorder. With the aid of the EIVP - [Early Intervention Vanity Program] psychiatrists can now predict that 90% of males born will, between the ages of 45 and 55, develop MCD It can be treated with cardigans, smoking jackets and smoking pipes and prevented at an early age with psychiatric drugs.

Female midlife crisis - "Robbie just made eye contact with me."

2. Females with MCD - More often than not females between the ages of 40 and 55 will congregate at reunion gigs by bands their daughters once liked, some examples would be Take That, Boyzone, Boys II Men and Westlife. Many will consume alcohol and relive their daughter's teen years. Extreme sufferers will scream and cry as their daughter's idols take the stage, resulting in running mascara and delusions that lead singers of the aforementioned boy bands actually made eye contact with them in the 80,000+ crowd. Once again, this can be prevented by offering adult sufferers knitting magazines or cook books. With the EIVP female children can be offered a course of psychiatric drugs.


"If one could bottle psychiatry, one could retail it in garden centres around the world - be sure to place the bottles in the fertilizer section." - Bob Fiddaman


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News 7: More Complaints Against Prof Graham Burrows

Australian psychiatrist Graham Burrows remains tight-lipped on recent allegations that he over medicated patients and prescribed them psychiatric drugs after just spending 30 seconds with them.

Australia News 7 yesterday broke the news and today, journalist Louise Milligan confirmed that "...the medical board is now monitoring the allegations to determine what action is necessary to protect the public."

The updated video below also features 'Diane' whose husband was prescribed Tolvin by Prof Graham Burrows, a week later he shot himself. In a startling interview 'Diane' alleges that upon hearing the news Burrows told her it was his fault as he should have hospitalized her husband.

The interview also features Bernard Daniels whose son, Garth, was prescribed Zyprexa by Burrows. Mr Daniels protested and Burrows tried to get legal guardianship of Garth to keep him on the drug.

I'm sure there will be more news about Burrows surfacing over the coming weeks.

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Biff Tannen and Psychiatrist Graham Burrows.One of them has delusions about going back in time... the other is Biff Tannen.

Back in May I highlighted Melbourne psychiatrist Graham "Biff Tannen" Burrows. Burrows had testified that Arthur Freeman, who threw his 4 year old daughter off the West Gate Bridge, had a "major despondent disorder" so he did not know what he was doing. Remarkably Burrows had been able to diagnose the mental state of someone 14 months back in time. Yup, that's right, Burrows had used the DeLorean to diagnose a patient... by going back in time by 14 months.

In my article, 'Patrick McGorry's Delorean Pulls Over For New Passenger', I highlighted the serious conflict of interests that surround Burrows:

Burrows is chairman of the Mental Health Foundation (founded in Melbourne Uni's Department of Psychiatry in 81); a department that receives funding from AstraZeneca, Servier and Pfizer. Burrows has also received travel assistance to attend Advisory Board meetings from most companies that market psychotropics in Australia.

Burrows is also the director of psychiatry at Austin Hospital in Melbourne where in 2006 the parents of a 30 year old man had to get a barrister to force the hospital to release him after the parents questioned the psychiatrists putting him on Zyprexa: [The parents won the legal battle to stop the psychiatrists "stripping them of all their rights to look after him."

The Mental Health Foundation issues press releases about the advantages of specific antidepressants: like Remeron [Avanza in Australia] and made by Organon.

In 2004, both Burrows and Patrick McGorry sat on the Advisory Board on Mental Health to advise the Victorian government on funding [Source]

It should come as no surprise then to learn that Burrows is now the subject of a major medical scandal in Australia. Calls for a government inquiry in to claims of over medicating and conflicts of interests involving drug companies.

This from 7 News Australia

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Do You Have A Mental Disorder? The Spoof Test

**The following is a parody post. There is no scientific proof behind the answers/conclusion offered.

SEROXAT SUFFERERS EARLY INTERVENTION QUESTIONNAIRE [SSEIQ]

FOR CHILDREN AGED BETWEEN 3 - 17

1. DO YOU SLEEP WHEN YOU FEEL TIRED
YES - NO - SOMETIMES

2. DO YOU EAT IF YOU ARE HUNGRY
YES - NO - SOMETIMES

3. DO YOU HAVE DREAMS WHEN YOU SLEEP
YES - NO - SOMETIMES

4. DO YOU LAUGH IF SOMETHING AMUSES YOU
YES - NO - SOMETIMES

5. DO YOU FIND SOME SUBJECTS AT SCHOOL DIFFICULT
YES - NO - SOMETIMES

6. HAVE YOU EVER WATCHED A HORROR MOVIE
YES - NO - SOMETIMES

7. HAVE YOU EVER DONE SOMETHING THAT YOU KNEW WAS WRONG
YES - NO - SOMETIMES

8. DO YOU DRINK FLUIDS WHEN YOU ARE THIRSTY
YES - NO - SOMETIMES

9. DO SPROUTS MAKE YOU FART
YES - NO - SOMETIMES

10. WATCH THIS VIDEO



DID YOU SEE THE GHOST?
YES - NO


11. CAN YOU COMPLETE THE MAZE WITHOUT TOUCHING THE WALLS?
{Guide the blue dot by dragging the mouse - try not to touch the sides]

**Tip - Go slowly, this is not time-tested. Concentrate and move closer to your screen

You have 10 attempts

maze game

YES - NO





If you answered mainly 'YES' - You have a mental disorder. Talk to your doctor about how this can be treated.

If you answered mainly 'NO' - Take the test again until your answers are mainly 'YES' or 'SOMETIMES'

If you answered mainly 'SOMETIMES' - You will be diagnosed with a mental disorder between the years 2012 and 2020. Talk to your doctor about how this can be treated.


The SSEIQ was designed by Dr Emmett Brown, Hill Valley, USA.

Dr Emmett Brown

Declaration of interests:

Dr Emmett Brown has received funding, educational and promotional monies from the following:

The DeLorean Motor Company
Universal Pictures
Nostradamus
Big Balls Inc [Makers of quality crafted crystal balls]
Dr Louis Cypher [Travelling snake-oil salesman]
Looney Tunes Motion Pictures
The Sugar Plum Fairy
Pinocchio
Walter Mitty


*Disclaimer
The following post was created by Bob Fiddaman. It is meant as a parody and is in no way real or scientific.




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