I previously pointed out that there was a fake "autism" epidemic whereby people
with minor issues were being falsely "re-diagnosed" as being autistic/having
Asperger's. I pointed out that,therefore, I wouldn't be surprised if people with
very minor non-autistic problems could be "cured", while still being sceptical
of ridiculous notions that people with genuine autism, having serious, permanent
brain-damage etc. could ever be cured.

Here is an article, below, which points out, ironically, how big pharma is
behind this whole business of fake "re-diagnosis":-


"Shyness, bereavement and eccentric behaviour could be classed as a mental
illness under new guidelines, leaving millions of people at risk of being
diagnosed as having a psychiatric disorder, experts fear.
Shyness, bereavement and eccentric behaviour could be classed as a mental
illness under new guidelines, leaving millions of people at risk of being
diagnosed as having a psychiatric disorder, experts fear.

By Donna Bowater

7:20AM GMT 10 Feb 2012

Under changes planned to the diagnosis handbook used by doctors in the US,
common behavioural traits are likely to be listed as a mental illness, it was
reported.

The fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) of Mental
Disorders could also include internet addiction and gambling as a medical
problem.

Although the guidelines are not used in the UK, experts said they feared it
would affect thinking on the subjects.

"We need to be very careful before further broadening the boundaries of illness
and disorder," Simon Wessely, of the Institute of Psychiatry at King's College
London, told the Daily Mail.

"Back in 1840 the census of the United States included just one category for
mental disorder.

"By 1917 the American Psychiatric Association recognised 59, rising to 128 in
1959, 227 in 1980, and 347 in the last revision. Do we really need all these
labels?

"Probably not. And there is a real danger that shyness will become social
phobia, bookish kids labelled as Asperger's and so on."

Peter Kinderman, head of the Institute of Psychology at the University of
Liverpool, said it was not "humane" to describe shy or bereaved people as
"mentally ill".

The British Psychological Society has opposed the changes to the DSM while
psychiatrists in the US have also spoken out against them.

A petition launched to try to stop the publication of the new edition was backed
by 11,000 signatures from psychologists.

There are fears the new classifications are being driven by drug companies
seeking to profit from a greater number of illnesses while the private health
care system in the States requires a diagnosis recognised by the manual for a
patient to be treated as ill.

"DSM5 will radically and recklessly expand the boundaries of psychiatry. Many
millions will receive inaccurate diagnosis and inappropriate treatment.," said
Allen Frances of Duke University, North Carolina."

I was once surprised by the mass of conspiracy-theories about big pharma/big
government supposedly "banning" herbal and vitamin/mineral supplements until I
realised that it was big pharma which was behind much of the sale of such
worthless supplements.

Geoff