This was circulated some time ago and certainly is the view of the current Chair of the DCP. I know that this was posted in the States with the amazement that we in the UK had had the confidence to state such a view. We are also being reminded that Psychology is about systems and communities. Who knows things may be changing – or maybe we are fighting to protect our own jobs?HelenHelen Combes, DClinPsy, CPsycholPrincipal Clinical Lecturer, Shropshire and Staffordshire DClinPsyRegistered Clinical Psychologist(01782) 295803.From: The UK Community Psychology Discussion List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of CRAIG NEWNES
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Subject: Re: DSM V from a critical standpoint?From a critical perspective? Where to start. I know, Us psychologists only agree with DSM and diagnoses when it suits us but if the tide is turning....CFrom: Richard Pemberton <[log in to unmask]>
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Subject: Re: [COMMUNITYPSYCHUK] DSM V from a critical standpoint?http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/8883956/Beware-the-Janus-face-of-modern-medicine.html this helpfully places DSM in a wider view of exponential medicalisation.On 27 Nov 2011, at 03:01, Gavriel Ansara wrote:David,The official BPS statement against DSM V cites Jacqui Dillon and Jo Moncrieff, both well-respected critical voices, and is surprisingly critical for a document promoted on the main BPS site. It is well worth a read:The statement contains gems like the following:"The Society is concerned that clients and the general public are negatively affected by the continued and continuous medicalisation of their natural and normal responses to their experiences; responses which undoubtedly have distressing consequences which demand helping responses, but which do not reflect illnesses so much as normal individual variation."and also this:"...we have more concerns than plaudits. The putative diagnoses presented in DSM-V are clearly based largely on social norms, with 'symptoms' that all rely on subjective judgements, with little confirmatory physical 'signs' or evidence of biological causation. The criteria are not value-free, but rather reflect current normative social expectations."How BPS, which recently invited some key pathologising figures like Ken Zucker to give a keynote for the clinical division, has made this rather striking shift is unknown to me. I will say that this statement is the first thing I've read from a mainstream psychological organisation that ever made me want to join.GaviOn Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 2:30 AM, David Fryer <[log in to unmask]> wrote: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.DavidSociety 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
--Gávi--Mr Y. Gavriel Ansara, MSc, AHEAPhD Candidate & Academic Tutor, Department of Psychology, University of SurreyVisiting Lecturer in Psychology, WISP, University of Warsaw席嘉力 آتش جاوید גבריאל יוסף
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