Dear All, Is anyone aware of an effective statement written from a critical psychology standpoint on the proposed revisions to DSM V already in the public domain? I am aware of the open letter by Society for Humanistic Psychology, Division 32 of the American Psychological Association in alliance with a host of other bodies (see below end of this email) but I am looking for a more radical i.e. ideologically progressive statement than the open letter in order to find or put together a statement of critique. Such a critique would not only draw attention to the appalling specifics of oppression achieved by new proposed developments of the DSM ('paraphilic coercive disorder", "gender incongruence" etc. but demand a thorough rejection of DSM type psy complex technologies which individualise, decontextualise, pathologise, essentialise and biologise complex material-political-discursive matters, create new markets for Big Pharma and extend social injustice by 'othering' manifestations of diversity. Very likely - hopefully - several such critiques exist already, some no doubt written by List members - please pass on details. David Society for Humanistic Psychology, Division 32 of the American Psychological Association in alliance with: --Division of Behavioral Neuroscience and Comparative Psychology (Division 6 of APA) --Division of Developmental Psychology (Division 7 of APA), --Division of Clinical Psychology (Division 12 of APA), --Society of Counseling Psychology (Division 17 of APA) --Society for Community Research and Action: Division of Community Psychology (Division 27 of APA), --Division of Psychotherapy (Division 29 of APA), --Society for the Psychology of Women (Division 35 of APA), --Division of Psychoanalysis (Division 39 of APA), --Psychologists in Independent Practice (Division 42 of APA) --Society for the Psychological Study of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues (Division 44 of APA), --Society for Group Psychology and Psychotherapy (Division 49 of APA), --Society for the Psychological Study of Men & Masculinity (Division 51 of APA), --Division of International Psychology (Division 52 of APA), --Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (Division of the American Counseling Association) --Association for Humanistic Counseling (Division of the American Counseling Association) --The Association for Creativity in Counseling (ACC, Division of the American Counseling Association) --Association for Adult Development and Aging (AADA, Division of the American Counseling Association), --Counselors for Social Justice (Division of the American Counseling Association), --American Rehabilitation Counseling Association (ARCA, Division of the American Counseling Association), --The Association for Women in Psychology, --The Association of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues in Counseling (ALGBTIC) --Society of Indian Psychologists --National Latina/o Psychological Association --The Society for Personality Assessment, --The Society for Descriptive Psychology, --The UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP), --Association of Counseling Center Training Agencies, --Psychologists for Social Responsibility, --The Constructivist Psychology Network (CPN), --The Taos Institute --Saybrook University --Psychoanalysis for Social Responsibility (Section IX of Division 39 of APA), ___________________________________ There is a twitter feed: http://twitter.com/CommPsychUK (to post contact Grant [log in to unmask] To unsubscribe or to change your details on this COMMUNITYPSYCHUK list, visit the website: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=COMMUNITYPSYCHUK