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Is the liberal progressive democat machine devising yet another form of "detention" for We the People?

Millions Of Americans Could Be Misdiagnosed As “mentally Ill”

May 14, 2013 by Doug Book

The Western Center For Journalism

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In the days of the Malleus, if the physician could find no evidence of natural illness, he was expected to find evidence of witchcraft: today, if he cannot diagnose organic illness, he is expected to diagnose mental illness

The Malleus Maleficarum was a 15th century text that instructed Inquisitors on the proper method of identifying, trying, and burning witches. Though it was many years ago that renowned psychiatrist Thomas Szasz (1920-2012) used the example of the Malleus to comment on the diagnostic practices of his fellow physicians, it seems he might have been on to something as today, psychiatrists and educators alike are concerned that the recently completed “Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders V” (DSM 5) will be responsible for psychiatrists improperly diagnosing millions of Americans as mentally ill.

Produced exclusively by the American Psychiatric Association, the DSM provides physicians with a handy checklist of mental illnesses. Simply fit a patient into a category and a diagnosis follows, complete with treatment and prescribed medication approved by insurers and the federal Medicare bureaucracy.

But with the introduction of a new and broader category of diagnosis under the heading of Somatic Symptom Disorders (SSD), the DSM 5 literally threatens to “…license the application of a mental health diagnosis for all illnesses…” Duke University professor emeritus Allen Frances writes that  “…a person will meet the criteria for SSD by reporting just one bodily symptom that is distressing and/or disruptive to daily life and having just one of the following three reactions to it that persist for at least six months: 1) ‘disproportionate’ thoughts about the seriousness of their symptom(s); or 2) a high level of anxiety about their health; or, 3) devoting excessive time and energy to symptoms or health concerns.

In short, should a physician believe a patient to be pre-occupied or overly concerned with a physical illness, a diagnosis of Somatic Symptom Disorder may be added to the patient’s file. The doctor could therefore make a purely “…subjective and fallible judgment that the patient’s life has become ‘subsumed’ with health concerns and preoccupations…”

Dr. Frances voices a fear that should concern current and prospective patients alike:

Do we really want to burden and stigmatize seriously ill people with an additional diagnosis of mental illness, just because they are worried about being sick and are vigilant about their symptoms? Might patients with life threatening diseases become reluctant to report new symptoms that might be early indicators of recurrence, metastasis or secondary disease – for fear of attracting a diagnosis of ‘SSD’?

And what might be the “real world” ramifications of such a diagnosis? Could individuals deemed to be suffering from SSD be denied certain types of work or face difficulties at their current job? Could they be refused future health insurance coverage? Will they be considered hypochondriacs and therefore be placed at medical risk as physicians ignore their complaints of “not feeling well?

ObamaCare is expected to cost Americans $2.6 trillion in its first full decade of existence (2014-2023.) It will also add another trillion in taxes over the same time period. And now, costs associated with healthcare may skyrocket simply because countless patients have been wrongly diagnosed as mentally ill.

Soon, we won’t be able to afford to be sick OR well!

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Comment by valerie eggers on May 15, 2013 at 9:50am

Yes, Philip, I agree. The things that happening now were so far out my reality for most of my life that I am staggered by them.  I guess if the younger people had the same frame of reference as this more "mature" American they would see just how tyrannical this regime is.  Sadly, they will have to learn the hard way.

Comment by PHILIP SCHNEIDER on May 15, 2013 at 9:20am

The "unimaginable" has become a "daily occurrence" under the leadership of the liberal progressive democrat machine.

Our government is the biggest employer in the world.

Over 50% of Americans depend on government money for all or part of their total income.

We don't know if there are 11 million Illegal Aliens in America or 20 million.

Geraldo Rivera doesn't want us to call them Illegal Aliens.

A US citizen can be detained without trial indefinitely . . . . .

Our "WAR" with muslim terrorists in the middle east is called an "overseas contingency operation".

It's part of the reason that Obama let 4 Americans get slaughtered in Benghazi.

We wouldn't want to be politically INcorrect now would we?

Comment by valerie eggers on May 15, 2013 at 8:48am

Somatic System Disorders (SSD) as it reads above validates that the inmates ARE running the asylum. Why does the move "One Flu Over the Coo Coos Nest" come to mind.

Comment by PHILIP SCHNEIDER on May 15, 2013 at 1:47am

"The detention sections of the NDAA begin by "affirm[ing]" that the authority of the President under the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Terrorists (AUMF), a joint resolution passed in the immediate aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks, includes the power to detain, via the Armed Forces, any person (including a U.S. citizen[13][21"

"and anyone who commits a "belligerent act" against the U.S. or its coalition allies in aid of such enemy forces, under the law of war, "without trial, until the end of the hostilities authorized by the [AUMF]".

The above two quotes from the actual NDAA law reads in part, a US citizen can be detained who commits a "belligerent" act against the US or it's coalition.

No doubt in my mind an Obama administration official will interpret the detention qualification and combine it with the fact that the same citizen has previously been classified as "SSD" by a social worker as having hostile intent. From there it would be easy to detain a political protester and be placed in indefinite detention..

It may very well become a class II detention within the rules of Obamacare. A protester might be diagnosed as "SSD" for detention with no further description or explanation.

Comment by Darlene Littlejohn on May 14, 2013 at 8:16pm

At least it would be a way to confiscate your guns!

Comment by valerie eggers on May 14, 2013 at 6:59pm

So then I understand you to say that you think it's in ObamaCare. Actually, that would make the most sense. I don't think such a thing could be legislated into law except with ObamaCare.  We'll have to watch this one and pray that ObamaCare gets crippled by all scandals etc. I've read that is a possibility. Well, that and money.

Comment by PHILIP SCHNEIDER on May 14, 2013 at 3:59pm

We don't know yet what's in those 20.000 pages of Obamacare regulations but ONE THING IS CLEAR, even some democrats aren't liking what they're reading.

The other pathway that Obama and the liberal progressive democrat machine operates is through the CZAR system.

The psychiatric and psychology field are filled with university level programmers and experimenters all looking to get at that federal money. Just like everything else tied to BIG GOVERNMENT money, they have to give something in return. With CZARS circulating through the nation's population looking for control points, how long do you think it took before the psychiatrists, psychologists, and educators fell in line with the Obama administration? How about a new way to diagnose opponents of the administration as crazy or in Obamaspeak, "SSD"  ie: Somatic Symptom Disorder? That would work.

 How much would it take to turn a "Detention Center" into an "SSD" "Clinic" ? How many citizens will disappear into the clinic after the "SSD" diagnosis?

Does that sound too fanciful or even ridiculous. I think we've learned how those terms have lost real meaning after seeing where Obama has taken us in the last 5 years.

He watched them DIE .  .  .  .  .  .  then he LIED  !

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Comment by valerie eggers on May 14, 2013 at 2:04pm

Where is the limit??? This cannot be tolerated. Is this part of ObamaCare?? Or, is this some other sort of  executive order, policy, proposed legislation? What?

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