tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post5137457156811151113..comments2024-03-18T03:28:36.581-04:00Comments on Shrink Rap: It's Official: DSM 5 is a Pissing ContestUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-49286597942312474192014-01-25T15:26:01.349-05:002014-01-25T15:26:01.349-05:00One of my favorite bloggers on the Mad In America ...One of my favorite bloggers on the Mad In America Site, Dr. Sandra Steingard, just posted about this issue. After not being sure whether she should say anything for various reasons, she said this:<br /><br />"But in the end, I decided that I had an obligation to use whatever platform I have to bring more attention to this issue. For me, one of the biggest problems we have in psychiatry is unacknowledged COI. Given the sensitive nature of the work we do, the power we can wield over people’s lives, the history of our improper relationships with Pharma – even if it turns out all rules were followed – that is not good enough. We should be above reproach."<br /><br />Well said, Dr. Steingard.<br /><br />http://www.madinamerica.com/2014/01/conflict-interest-dsm-5-apa/<br /><br />AA<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-60547086605771655422014-01-25T13:02:29.443-05:002014-01-25T13:02:29.443-05:00I continue to belong to the APA because I get some...I continue to belong to the APA because I get something tangible out of belonging, and I believe the over-arching mission of the organization is good. The world has shades of gray, people are fallible, sometimes good people say or do dumb things, and sometimes I disagree with the views of others (and by the way, I'm always right). But if I wrote off every person and organization every time they supported/promoted/believed in something that went against my grain, I'd be living a lonely life. Name calling doesn't help, I'm going for mutual respect, when feasible, and accepting that no one, myself included, is perfect or necessarily consistent in the application of their values and the avoidance of hypocrisy. Anyone else is free to say the pro-con balance of belonging to APA is such that they'd rather not belong, but the other thought would be to join and try to encourage change.Dinahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09227988351623862689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-51261749242246674782014-01-24T23:27:14.317-05:002014-01-24T23:27:14.317-05:001boringoldman needs to be given some kind of speci...1boringoldman needs to be given some kind of special honorary status in psychiatry. He is brilliant. Glad that Dr. Frances takes note.<br /><br />Are people really only polite just because they want brownie points? Can it not be that there are people who still believe in etiquette?1BOMfannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-15469187001577032014-01-24T21:59:59.479-05:002014-01-24T21:59:59.479-05:00Tough choice there Dinah. Kupfer doesn't dese...Tough choice there Dinah. Kupfer doesn't deserve any respect per what has been revealed by outside parties, I have interacted with Dr Frances when he was the editor of Journal of Psychiatric Practice, and he seems to be more realistic with what psychiatry should be offering.<br /><br />Pissing contest? Wow, that is a very descriptive title. I don't know why I am responding here, but, I guess I hold out hope you are realizing being polite and politically correct won't win you brownie points. But, why are you still a member of the APA?<br /><br />Frankly, I think you are the most realistic of the three of this blog. Just my opinion.<br /><br />Hypocritical Joel.Joel Hassman, MDhttp://cantmedicatelife.comnoreply@blogger.com