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No Child Left Undiagnosed
psychologytoday ^

Posted on 05/18/2014 10:08:54 PM PDT by chessplayer

The latest ploy to make childhood a disease

"Sluggish Cognitive Tempo" may possibly be the very dumbest and most dangerous diagnostic idea I have ever encountered.

A prospective study using DSM-IV found that by age 21, 81 percent of kids had already qualified for one diagnosis of mental disorder. DSM-5 recently made things much worse when it turned normal temper tantrums into Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder.

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To: grania

Very well said.


21 posted on 05/19/2014 11:39:52 AM PDT by TigersEye ("No man left behind" is more than an Army Ranger credo it's the character of America.)
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To: Smokin' Joe

Yea, I was kidding...it’s way TOO REAL...and is real.


22 posted on 05/19/2014 6:59:25 PM PDT by BobL
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To: aquila48

This is how the Left operates — it infiltrates and exploits conventionally trusted environments.


23 posted on 05/19/2014 7:10:46 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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