In addition to the costs mentioned by Caplan of being accused of mental illness, one often loses police protection from crime. People so accused become targets for predators who conduct brutal abuses. Many involuntary human subjects for medical research are accused of being mentally ill when they complain of such unlawful abuses. See, e.g., State Boys Rebellion, by Michael D'Antonio.
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"Receiving any of the 374 psychiatric labels -- from nicotine dependence disorder to schizophrenia -- can cost anyone their health insurance, job, custody of their children, or right to make their own medical and legal decisions."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/psychiatrys-bible-the-dsm-is-doing-more-harm-than-good/2012/04/27/gIQAqy0WlT_story.html
Psychiatry’s bible, the DSM, is doing more harm than good
By Paula J. Caplan,
Washington Post
Published: April 27, 2012
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In 1992, when I was 16 years of age my mother took me to a psychologist. As a minor I had no say at what she could do. After seeing him I started hearing voices. I haven't ever ditched a class before but the voices were so bad for the first time I did. Eventually, I dropped out of high school. In 1993, I was in a psychological hospital. After I had just turned five my aunt constantly made me go nude in the forest. I told the psychologist in the hospital this. His response, "some people live on nudist colonies. It would not effect you that much." Since five I had felt suicidal. In the hospital they gave me medicine. The thoughts went away for a day. I was now talking. As a reward for me talking the next day they let us sleep in. It was after 11:00 a.m. The psycologist came in saw this and took me off what was working. The next day I haven't felt so depressed in my life. After getting out of the hospital I was with my father. But, my mother could not be stopped from occasionally seeing me. I had an addiction to porn. She knew it. In 1994, at eighteen years of age I was now legal to view it. I was back at my mother's house just to get my porn fix. The worst decision I made in my life. She was taking me to the psycologist I had in the hospital. Eventfully, he realized he could be sued, He was bent on getting revenge. I was waking-up in the middle of the night with nightmares. My mother gave me really dose of prescription drugs. I could no longer function well. I still can't. I did so well as a child everybody excepted me to have a Ph.D someday. I do not I only have a high school dipmola. With only a high school dipmola I can only get low paying jobs. I always wanted to serve my country in The United States Air Force. I was not functioning well enough to. Being over 27 years of age now I can no longer. I wanted to get married and have chlidren. With so little I can not. Expose how psychiatry does more harm than good. Don't let another end up like me. Help me.
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