February 14, 2010
— Purple Avenger The American Psychological Association has just come out with a new Diagnostics and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.
...Symptoms of sluggish cognitive tempo disorder include passiveness, dreaminess and sluggishness - traits that could easily be confused with laziness. [indeed, I fail to see any difference what so ever - PA]I plan to invest heavily with whoever manufactures placebo pills, and speed.
With other potential new entries including sex addiction [can I get a prescription for hooker therapy?] and adult tantrums [in the vernacular, this is known as being an "asshole"] , there are concerns that the revised manual will trigger a boom-time for drug companies [really? ya think there's a buck or two to be made selling speed to lazy people?].But the American Psychological Association, which compiles and updates the manual, says that the new disorders simply reflect changes in society and the way we live our lives.
People who whine constantly may be suffering from negativistic personality disorder, while those prone adult tantrums can take comfort in the diagnosis of intermittent explosive disorder...
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Posted by: HeatherRadish at February 14, 2010 09:55 AM (OkT2m)
Posted by: Editor at February 14, 2010 09:56 AM (YX6i/)
One of the reason for the proliferation of bogus diseases is that if something is officially called a "disease" then a lot of health care plans will cover treatment.
About 25 years ago, a group of plastic surgeons made a concerted effort to get some standards body to declare that "small breasts" was a disease, so that getting breast implants would be considered disease treatment (and thus be covered).
Posted by: Steven Den Beste at February 14, 2010 09:56 AM (+rSRq)
Posted by: Looking Glass at February 14, 2010 09:57 AM (zamYU)
Great, now lazy ass people who dont want to work now have a medical definition they can apply to their willful lethargy to get a disability or a welfare check, not that that has stopped them much in the way from receiving one anyway.
Posted by: Blazer at February 14, 2010 09:58 AM (t72+4)
Posted by: HeatherRadish at February 14, 2010 10:00 AM (OkT2m)
Posted by: chemjeff at February 14, 2010 10:02 AM (Gk/wA)
Posted by: Barry at February 14, 2010 10:04 AM (5I0Yr)
Posted by: Purple Avenger at February 14, 2010 10:05 AM (vqrSK)
And right now, unless this community has some super-duper medical scanner they haven't been cluing the rest of us into yet, the trouble is that we cannot determine the difference between the three--i.e., the true root cause--but this appears as if they want to medicalize everything. Now. And I'm not sure that is the right path, nor do I agree that they should be considered the font of all wisdom on this issue of what it is to be human. Which is what they are coming close to doing. And I will grant them that power when they can explain what causes what, and not merely that there is a "what" occurring. Which is all they can do right now. Or so it seems to me.
Or to put it in other terms of the history of another science, it seems to me the mental health sciences are still in the alchemy stages, with the science of chemistry just getting started--a period when we could recognize fire, could control it and start it--but did not know what it really was or the chemical reactions behind it, with only a limited ability to predict the results of experiments and the reasons for those results (chemical bonds).
Posted by: Horatius at February 14, 2010 10:07 AM (fx1R6)
Posted by: Amy Bishop at February 14, 2010 10:07 AM (DTffv)
Slugs rise up! Off the negativistic assholes!
Posted by: Salem at February 14, 2010 10:09 AM (86rbG)
IÂ’m finally beginning to recover from the Kiira thread, but I still read things incorrectly if I donÂ’t pay Sufficient Attention and Re-Read Carefully. Even the blog link list on the right gave me trouble: "Popsicle Stick Jokes", "Oorgo Blog".
IÂ’m a guy, and officially I see No Need for Medication of Any Type (particularly for this), but perhaps a small, very specialized concoction, to help me immediately regain some of my normal powers of concentration and cognative skills, would be in order.
Posted by: Arbalest at February 14, 2010 10:11 AM (JnWYr)
Posted by: eman at February 14, 2010 10:15 AM (4tixt)
its known as potheadimentia
Posted by: A.G. at February 14, 2010 10:18 AM (jBPzC)
its known as potheadimentia Voting Democrat.
Fin
Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at February 14, 2010 10:19 AM (UBQGM)
...Symptoms of sluggish cognitive tempo disorder include passiveness, dreaminess and sluggishness - traits that could easily be confused with laziness
its known as potheadimentia
Posted by: A.G. at February 14, 2010 02:18 PM (jBPzC)
Dont look at me.
I bid you adieu.
Posted by: Charles Johnson at February 14, 2010 10:19 AM (t72+4)
Posted by: Salem at February 14, 2010 10:19 AM (86rbG)
Posted by: eman at February 14, 2010 10:21 AM (4tixt)
Posted by: curious at February 14, 2010 10:24 AM (p302b)
Posted by: The Dread Pirate Neck Beard at February 14, 2010 10:24 AM (utJ0x)
...Symptoms of sluggish cognitive tempo disorder include passiveness, dreaminess and sluggishness - traits that could easily be confused with laziness.
I can haz welfare check now ?
Posted by: palin-steele (still unemployed and living comfortably in mom's basement) at February 14, 2010 10:24 AM (t72+4)
A causative link to potato chips is not yet confirmed.
Posted by: eman at February 14, 2010 02:21 PM (4tixt)
Severity can be quantified through measurement of the number of pizzas ordered and never picked up.
Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at February 14, 2010 10:24 AM (UBQGM)
Posted by: Dang at February 14, 2010 02:24 PM (UA4gE)
Anger Induced Nymphomania. Quite common in middle aged women after a couple of scotches.
Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at February 14, 2010 10:27 AM (UBQGM)
It's all about the money.
I'll worry when the DSM adds Christianity and Conservatism in there as pink-slippable committable diseases. And they would if they could, since Christ is the psych industry's biggest competitor. And, unlike theirs, his product actually works.
Posted by: Taqiyyotomist at February 14, 2010 10:27 AM (ltfED)
*certain studies have noted that the kinetically administered injection of a Cu/Pb mixture at 230 grains or greater, is the cure for everything.
Posted by: Dr. Mario at February 14, 2010 10:28 AM (wExK3)
A causative link to potato chips is not yet confirmed.
Posted by: eman at February 14, 2010 02:21 PM (4tixt)
Dude, it's the Cheetos
.. so if we don't get some cool rules meds ourselves - pronto - we'll just be bogus too! Get it?
Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at February 14, 2010 10:30 AM (JnWYr)
Posted by: Dr. Mario at February 14, 2010 02:28 PM (wExK3)
"First, Do No Harm"
Always check the syringe for obstructions and be sure of your backstop.
Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at February 14, 2010 10:31 AM (UBQGM)
Posted by: ray at February 14, 2010 10:34 AM (9+P9E)
Posted by: toby928 at February 14, 2010 10:34 AM (PD1tk)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 14, 2010 10:46 AM (9Lm5R)
Tiger Woods' "Sex Addiction" wasn't a disorder, unless you count making him the world's greatest golfer a "disorder."
Great golfing ia a side-effect.
Posted by: peoples front of judea at February 14, 2010 10:51 AM (iV4X6)
I agree; psychology is a fake science. DIANETICS, bitches!
Posted by: L. Ron Hubbard at February 14, 2010 10:52 AM (sVzRC)
Can't we just drop their lazy asses on an island somewhere and save ourselves a lot of trouble?
Be a great reality show.
Posted by: peoples front of judea at February 14, 2010 10:54 AM (iV4X6)
"Tiger Woods' "Sex Addiction" wasn't a disorder, unless you count making him the world's greatest golfer a "disorder.""
What's wrong with trying to get "in" 18 holes a day?
Posted by: John Holmes' withered cock at February 14, 2010 10:58 AM (ucq49)
Posted by: apotheosis at February 14, 2010 11:00 AM (xWk3U)
Posted by: Dr. Spank at February 14, 2010 11:01 AM (muUqs)
Heh. Is "Patient-Clinician Inversion Disorder" in there? Because, like, physician heal thy absurdly malignant association. You're making us look good.
Posted by: Scientologists at February 14, 2010 11:04 AM (1PcIw)
I need one of those, I should go get diagnosed at some point. Not now though, I'm surfing the internet, then I want to watch some TV... maybe next week.
Hmm... I think I see a problem with this turning a profit for anyone.
Thankfully I'm clever enough to get enough work done (even with my laziness) that I keep my job. I don't really have a problem; I'm a functioning slacker. Sorry, I'm a functioning person with "sluggish cognitive tempo disorder".
Just don't ask to see my kitchen (although my living room & bedroom are actually relatively clean.
Wait, lazy, doesn't clean much; I think I know the cure for this. I'm pretty sure meth cures all of those problems... while giving you new and considerably more serious problems to go with your new lifestyle.
I'll wait for the universal cure-all to everyone's psychological problems including mine... It's called "Death" and it's 100% effective at permanently curing all your psychological issues. Available at many places nationwide.
Posted by: Gekkobear at February 14, 2010 11:08 AM (5/nmR)
Posted by: Blah at February 14, 2010 11:16 AM (idWOH)
Posted by: Dr. Spank at February 14, 2010 11:17 AM (muUqs)
"I agree; psychology is a fake science. ..."
I remember the trepidation I felt, as a freshman engineering major - BS electives; freshman psychology. First day in class. The professor opened saying - any of you who think psychology is a science, disabuse yourself of that notion now. Psychology is a pseudo-science, .........
Years later ..... I think it's equally appropriate for climatology
Posted by: MDr VB1.0 CS1st at February 14, 2010 11:17 AM (ucq49)
Posted by: Ira at February 14, 2010 11:22 AM (bJm7W)
Cognitive psychology is fascinating. There's nothing wrong with the study of memory and thought and how the brain generally works. It can be studied scientifically. Social psychology and the rest, however, is bullshit.
Posted by: libbyt at February 14, 2010 11:23 AM (5I0Yr)
Posted by: kansas at February 14, 2010 11:29 AM (kG2DU)
Posted by: Squatch at February 14, 2010 11:37 AM (+/6so)
"Wasn't the science settled on all that shit?"
Harry Seldon will make the first, definitive contributions, in approx 1500 yrs. Other than that, not so much.
Posted by: MDr VB1.0 CS1st at February 14, 2010 11:39 AM (ucq49)
There's more... children's temper tantrums are now "temper dysregulation with dysphoria", characterised by "severe, recurrent outbursts of temper" several times a week, that are "grossly out of proportion to the situation or provocation and that interfere significantly with functioning". To be considered, the "symptoms" must have been "diagnosed" before age 10." And... "a moody teenager who displays "excessive suspicion, delusions and disorganised speech or behaviour" may be labelled as having psychosis risk syndrome." Then there's... "cannabis-use disorder and "alcohol-use disorder," " and people who twitch while they sleep having "rapid eye movement behavior disorder."
Posted by: Deanna at February 14, 2010 11:46 AM (1lbXG)
Blogger, please! I've been a lazy, bitchy nypho forever. This isnt a new phenomenon.
Posted by: di butler, sexual opportunist at February 14, 2010 11:51 AM (S3xX1)
Posted by: MDr VB1.0 CS1st at February 14, 2010 11:57 AM (ucq49)
I would call it an inexact science at best. Like when I drilled holes in the skull of my lab rat and tried to hit some nerve center in the thalmus that would provide the sensation of pleasure when a small electrical stimulus was given. Botched the first rat, got the next one right.
Posted by: model_1066 at February 14, 2010 12:00 PM (+34l1)
Posted by: sauropod at February 14, 2010 12:02 PM (hAAbr)
sauropod at February 14, 2010 04:02 PM
Do you pop balloons at children's birthday parties? Lighten up, Francis!
Posted by: peoples front of judea at February 14, 2010 12:08 PM (iV4X6)
"passiveness, dreaminess and sluggishness."
And people wonder why conservatives call Dims, sheep. Ok, the Dims do have other "uses" for sheep.
Posted by: MDr VB1.0 CS1st at February 14, 2010 12:08 PM (ucq49)
It even sometimes worked!
Posted by: bigpinkfluffybunny at February 14, 2010 12:13 PM (KWhJd)
Posted by: JavaJoe at February 14, 2010 12:13 PM (e9JZd)
Posted by: JT at February 14, 2010 12:13 PM (UBvS/)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at February 14, 2010 03:13 PM (RZ8pf)
If you really want, tell your doctor you have adult ADD. They treat that with amphetamines. Not meth-, just amphetamines.
Posted by: FUBAR at February 14, 2010 12:21 PM (1fanL)
"If you really want, tell your doctor you have adult ADD."
Cool. What do I claim, if I'd like a patient-regulated, IV pump, that administers promethazine hydrochloride & Oxycodone?
Posted by: MDr VB1.0 CS1st at February 14, 2010 12:31 PM (ucq49)
Posted by: I. M. Sicovit at February 14, 2010 12:46 PM (HBqDo)
So much for our societal values of working hard, overcoming personal shortcomings and growing up to become a responsible adult. So much for pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps and not being whiners and God helping those who help themselves.
Posted by: Josephine at February 14, 2010 12:55 PM (re1d/)
Posted by: JavaJoe at February 14, 2010 01:08 PM (e9JZd)
Posted by: fb at February 14, 2010 01:20 PM (Bu9Jo)
Posted by: I. M. Sicovit at February 14, 2010 01:46 PM (HBqDo)
Posted by: epobirs at February 14, 2010 02:14 PM (tEhG4)
Posted by: pajama momma at February 14, 2010 02:26 PM (275r1)
Posted by: Cack Finger at February 14, 2010 09:25 PM (TUBcJ)
Like cancer of the pecliat? What's a peclait you ask? Well its this new organ that people have due to changes in human anatomy.
What a crock of shit.
Human beings don't grow new organs and they don't suddenly discover new ways of being crazy.
Either these new disorders are conditions that have always existed and are only now being precisely defined, or these people are pulling a climategate and just totally making the crap up.
Posted by: Lee at February 14, 2010 11:30 PM (zF8wD)
It's just my "condition" acting up again. I'll be okay, just talk amongst yourselves. Oh, btw, do you do direct deposit? I hate having to go to the bank.
Posted by: Adjoran at February 15, 2010 12:01 AM (HeULl)
Posted by: Salem at February 14, 2010 02:09 PM (86rbG)
Nah. Can't be stuffed.
Posted by: mandible claw at February 15, 2010 12:19 AM (JvKLG)
Yeah right, can I have my free house now?
"With other potential new entries including sex addiction "
Runs with certain Pols, Pollywoods and just plain old Woods.
adult tantrums
A requirement to be anchor at MSNBC, as well as many other PRESSSidential positions -- exaccerbated and triggered by exposure to conservatives. Treatment is to surround yourself with like minded statists.
People who whine constantly may be suffering from negativistic personality disorder,
Left wing malady.
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In summary, the Psych crowd seems to have their sights on the Democrats in hope they'll pass Obamacare. With all these Democrat disorders to treat, it will be a perpetual gravy train for them...
Posted by: drfredc at February 15, 2010 07:24 AM (puRnk)
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