Re: Re: CHICAGO � Almost one in five young American adults has a personality disorder

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Here in Canada, I've seen posters in our schools and have read artlicles in the newspapers that 1 out of 5 Canadian have "diagnosable mental health disorders". I wonder if that simply translates into a slightly different category for our children who have recently become "adults". The "mental health disorders" of childhood become the "personality disorders" of young adulthood. Still, to have 1 out 5 children or young adults "disordered" in some way, is way too high a number to be acceptable, without serious questions being asked and addressed.

Aasa

Subject: Re: CHICAGO  Almost one in five young American adults has a personality disorderTo: EOHarm Received: Wednesday, December 3, 2008, 3:01 PM

They're talking about "personality disorders", not about other so-called "mental disorders" like BP. In the black community, "personality disorder" is the buzzword for a way that mainstream medicine likes to pathologize being black or poor for behaving in ways necessary to survive in certain circumstances. At the rates the "study" (ha ha, it's from Columbia, currently under Congressional investigation for being on the take from pharma) is discussing, it may be that psychiatry is expanding its criteria for "personality disorder" yet again to scoop more afluent people into the mix. Or trying to "psychiatrize" a lot of toxic young people. I think they're also talking about adults up to about 25 to 29 or so(?). The tripled schedule seems to have been mostly put in place by 1993 and the bulk of the triple-ehg-exposed kids are still eighteen and under. Those under 30 still got some thimerosal

and they're also the coming of age of the real Ritalin generation and the generation who were put on antidepressants in college at high rates. Lots of food coloring and new chemical exposures for that group as well. Just as industry likes it, it would be hard to know where to start to figure out just what might have knocked some of these people silly. And don't forget, diagnostic criteria have been made deliberately loose in order to encompass just about anyone. More in the diagnostic dragnet, more people to drug. > >> > > > CHICAGO â€" Almost one in five young American adults has a> > personality disorder that interferes with everyday life, and even more> > abuse alcohol or drugs, researchers reported Monday in the most> > extensive study of its kind.> > > > http://www.foxnews. com/story/ 0,2933,460066, 00.html> > <http://www.foxnews. com/story/ 0,2933,460066, 00.html>> >>