{"id":426,"date":"2011-04-01T20:01:56","date_gmt":"2011-04-02T02:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cchrstl.org\/wordpress\/?p=426"},"modified":"2024-07-14T05:42:30","modified_gmt":"2024-07-14T10:42:30","slug":"dsm-v-a-conflict-of-interest-promising-more-pharma-profits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cchrstl.org\/wordpress\/2011\/04\/01\/dsm-v-a-conflict-of-interest-promising-more-pharma-profits\/","title":{"rendered":"DSM-V A Conflict of Interest Promising More Pharma Profits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <em>Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders<\/em> (DSM)  is\u00c2\u00a0the\u00c2\u00a0billing bible of psychiatry, listing every\u00c2\u00a0so-called mental or  behavioral\u00c2\u00a0problem for which diagnosis and treatment can be reimbursed by  insurance. There are 374 entries in edition four (DSM-IV), including such  &#8220;mental illnesses&#8221; as &#8220;Expressive Language Disorder,&#8221; &#8220;Nicotine Dependence,&#8221;\u00c2\u00a0and  &#8220;Caffeine-Induced Sleep Disorder.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The scientific validity of the DSM has come under increasing attack from  medical professionals and scientific experts, calling it junk science. Now the  psychiatric industry wants to revise it, adding more fraudulent mental  disorders\u00c2\u00a0to produce\u00c2\u00a0a fifth edition,\u00c2\u00a0DSM-V.<\/p>\n<p>Former American Psychiatric Association (APA) president Nada Stotland stated,  &#8220;We are in the midst of a revolution caused by public and legislative concern  about the influence of the for-profit sector&#8230;&#8221; Part of that public pressure  for the APA to disclose its conflicts of interest with pharmaceutical companies  was driven by Lisa Cosgrove Ph.D. <em>et al<\/em>&#8216;s study of DSM-IV and  DSM-IV-TR\u00c2\u00a0committee members, which found that of the 170 members, 56% had one or  more financial associations with companies in the pharmaceutical industry.  Pharma&#8217;s psychotropic drug profits have soared commensurately with the  increasing numbers of disorders voted into successive editions of\u00c2\u00a0the DSM.<\/p>\n<p>Of the 137 DSM-V panel members who have posted disclosure statements, 56%  have reported industry ties &#8211; no improvement over the percent of DSM-IV  members.<\/p>\n<p>The APA should sever all ties to pharmaceutical company interests. The US  Senate Finance Committee has investigated at least a dozen APA psychiatrists over their undisclosed financial ties to drug companies.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about psychiatric conflicts of interest visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.psychconflicts.org\/\">www.PsychConflicts.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cchrstl.org\/wordpress\/2010\/05\/14\/a-brief-report-on-the-unreliability-of-the-diagnostic-and-statistical-manual-of-mental-disorders-dsm\/\">Click  here <\/a>for more information about the DSM and its various editions.<\/p>\n<p>Please\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cchrstl.org\/takeaction.shtml#Membership\">become a  member of CCHR St. Louis<\/a> to help victims of psychiatric fraud and abuse  fight back.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.volunteermatch.org\/search\/org11100.jsp\">Volunteer your  help here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) is\u00c2\u00a0the\u00c2\u00a0billing bible of psychiatry, listing every\u00c2\u00a0so-called mental or behavioral\u00c2\u00a0problem for which diagnosis and treatment can be reimbursed by insurance. 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