Tuesday, June 08, 2010
The danger of classifying M.E. as a somatoform disorder....
This was a link I got from the Hummingbird's Guide newsletter. It lists the concerns regarding the new psychiatric listing regarding somatoform disorders:
Submission to APA Re: "Complex Somatic Symptom Disorder", DSM-5
I personally find the new listing insulting and dangerous. Psychiatric testing is skewed to find psychological reasons for physical illness without any regard for the symptoms involved. If you fill out the questionnaires honestly that your physical symptoms interfere with the normal function of your life and that you have to limit your activities due to illness, the result points to somatoform disorder. What a psychiatrist may interpret as obsession with one's health may simply be seeing several doctors to get a proper diagnosis, or if already diagnosed, altering one's lifestyle to achieve the best quality of life possible.
Submission to APA Re: "Complex Somatic Symptom Disorder", DSM-5
I personally find the new listing insulting and dangerous. Psychiatric testing is skewed to find psychological reasons for physical illness without any regard for the symptoms involved. If you fill out the questionnaires honestly that your physical symptoms interfere with the normal function of your life and that you have to limit your activities due to illness, the result points to somatoform disorder. What a psychiatrist may interpret as obsession with one's health may simply be seeing several doctors to get a proper diagnosis, or if already diagnosed, altering one's lifestyle to achieve the best quality of life possible.
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