I don't like Hugh Jackman because his name should be a joke but no one knows what the fuck an Ackman is. It's not a synonym for wang, which is a tragedy.
It was DSM-4, the current, gargantuan edition that added Asperger syndrome as an autism-spectrum disorder in 1994.
Since then, the number of reported cases has exploded and the man who headed the task force that created DSM-4, Dr. Allen Frances, currently professor emeritus at Duke University, has been highly critical of his own work.
He told [Jon] Ronson [author of The Psychopath Test and Men Who Stare at Goats] that the inclusion of Asperger was a mistake and he has also had some sharp advice recently for the task force working on DSM-5.
"Anticipate the worst. If something can be misused, it will be misused," Frances told National Public Radio in the U.S. "If diagnosis can lead to over-diagnosis and over-treatment, that will happen. So you need to be very, very cautious in making changes that may open the door for a flood of fad diagnoses."
False epidemics
Dr. Frances told Ronson that he and his associates had created three false "epidemics" — childhood bi-polar disorder, autism and ADHD.
But Ronson told me he doesn't fully go along with Frances.
"I looked at all three and out of the three, the only one I felt comfortable about [excluding] was childhood bi-polar disorder. That seemed quite open and shut," Ronson said. "Aspergers is a much more complicated thing."
Frances, it turns out, is not the only task force head who came to be critical of his edition of the DSM.
The third edition, DSM-3, published in 1980, was a kind of coming-of-age for the manual.
Recognizing the increasing use of the DSM outside of clinical situations, diagnoses were described in colloquial terms.
It was a time when mental disorders and illnesses were moving into popular understanding and the head of the task force then, Dr. Robert Spitzer, one of the most influential psychiatrists of his day, was credited with modernizing psychiatry and changing the way people think about mental illnesses.
In fact, he was the one who spearheaded the drive to remove homosexuality from being considered a mental illness. But he also came to believe that his edition of the DSM was flawed.
In 2007, Spitzer told journalist Adam Curtis, "What happened is we made estimates of prevalence of mental disorders totally descriptive without considering that many of these conditions might be normal reactions, which are not really disorders.
"I don't know if it's 20 per cent or 30 per cent [of all medicalized cases], but that's a considerable amount if it's 20 per cent."
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every person who doesn't like an acquired taste always seems to think everyone who likes it is faking it. it should be an official fallacy.
Self proclaimed net aspies never seem to mention the subtler symptoms, like an active state of panic when their schedule is disrupted, or a tendency to interpret metaphors literally.
I only died once on the main part of getting Grunt. Either I'm getting better at Insanity, it naturally gets easier as the game progresses, or Stasis is an awesome bonus power (though I've rarely been able to take full advantage of it).
um what about calvin's parents when they made him take the pills that killed hobbes
Anyone who creates or posts fake calvin and hobbes cartoons (especially the fake "last" one where calvin leaves hobbes behind) essentially hate hobbes.
I only died once on the main part of getting Grunt. Either I'm getting better at Insanity, it naturally gets easier as the game progresses, or Stasis is an awesome bonus power (though I've rarely been able to take full advantage of it).
Do you have Mordin yet?
I made the mistake of trying to get Grunt before getting Mordin. It was hard. I got through it, though.
They say that you can take the missions in any order you want but I think it's more like Mega Man where there's a certain order that makes it easier.
I only play on Insanity, BTW.
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no, come on
I see you trying to cover your smile
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I loved him in Aliens. "Game over, man. Game over."
Maybe I just don't like his parents.
And it's not a bad thing, but it just isn't as relevant after so much milking.
Wasn't that Bill Crystal in Aliens?
And Bosom Buddies!
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OK, now I hate you, elendil.
i mean, i don't hate him by any means, i know nothing about his personal life
but i found much of his work to be terrible
Keith David is a man's man only fitting he would play one.
Lets keep this in perspective people he likes family guy and probably likes dane cook
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
you like uh
i dunno
whatever your hobbies/interests are, i only ever hear you be derisive
they're probably terrible though!
Yeah I don't get it. Humble Bundle is tied with Steam sales for the best way to get games.
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/204/81-words
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my hatred is so complete you don't know what I like.
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED
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Damnit, chu. Don't make me break up with you.
*poof*
The last bundle could also be tied to your steam account. This one probably can be too.
because when they get real i just end up wanting to argue with them
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podly was not wrong about van winkle
this stuff is fucking fantastic
oooh
oh shit i can download this to my Kindle and listen to it in the car
fuckawesome
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
Anyone who creates or posts fake calvin and hobbes cartoons (especially the fake "last" one where calvin leaves hobbes behind) essentially hate hobbes.
It didn't take.
The fact that one exists at all is a depressing comment on society.
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Do you have Mordin yet?
I made the mistake of trying to get Grunt before getting Mordin. It was hard. I got through it, though.
They say that you can take the missions in any order you want but I think it's more like Mega Man where there's a certain order that makes it easier.
I only play on Insanity, BTW.
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.