psychiatry and labels

Sicko by Michael Moore movie trailer and other videos

Posted by centaur on June 24, 2007 at 4:23 am

Laughter isn’t the best medicine. It’s the only medicine.
Invitation from Michael Moore to share your Healthcare Horror Stories, to be screened and shared with Congress.

The Flouride Deception and Edward Bernays

Posted by centaur on June 8, 2007 at 7:53 am

The Fluoride Deception (Interview With Christopher Bryson)http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7319752042352089988&pl=true
Learn about Edward Bernays, nephew of the very Sigmund Freud, and pioneer of a scientific technique for manipulating public opinion called - “engineering of consent“.  Sounds like something me and my family have already encountered from some doctors. And not exactly with our best intentions at heart either. More for their expediency and convenience, [...]

DSM-V Prelude Project

Posted by centaur on May 8, 2007 at 7:52 am

http://www.answers.com/topic/diagnostic-and-statistical-manual-of-mental-disorders 
The DSM has seen criticisms through the years. A Columbia University team headed by Robert Spitzer, an editor of the DSM, acknowledges a concern about the DSM in their annual report of 2001, “Problems with the current DSM-IV categorical (present vs. absent) approach to the classification of personality disorders have long been recognized by clinicians [...]

what i am is what i am, Mozart and the Whale

Posted by centaur on May 2, 2007 at 7:17 am

Philosophy is a walk on the slippery rocks
Religion is a light in the fog
I’m not aware of too many things
I know what I know, if you know what I meanWhat I am is what I am
Are you what you are or what?- Edie Brickell and New Bohemians
Have you heard of the book, and now the DVD, [...]

Under Pressure – Bill Gates rocking

Posted by centaur on April 26, 2007 at 7:46 am

I’ve heard of Bill Gate’s rocking behavior before, but this is the first time I’ve seen it.
Hope you enjoy! And also learn a bit about a much misunderstood aspect of autism.

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Amanda Baggs on CNN

Posted by centaur on March 8, 2007 at 10:25 am

Found on Autism Diva’s blog – just posting this quick for now before I have to dash out and run. God – I love what Amanda said !
http://autismdiva.blogspot.com/2007/02/more-amanda-baggs-on-cnn.html
… generally, what I tell parents is not to believe most of what they read, particularly the stuff that says we have no understanding, and no connection to [...]

What Malignant Narcissism is and is not

Posted by centaur on February 26, 2007 at 5:29 am

From http://www.operationdoubles.com/narc/
Malignant narcissists have an inferiority complex. So, their narcissism is a COMPENSATORY egomania. It is caused by shame and is low esteem in disguise. Quite the opposite of someone who just has a big head…
That underlying shame and self loathing is what makes a malignant narcissist malignant. Whereas narcissistic-but-normal people have big heads, malignant [...]

More on Narcissism

Posted by centaur on February 25, 2007 at 8:57 am

Here are several links to some good books on narcissism.

The Wizard of Oz and Other Narcissists: Coping with the One-Way Relationship in Work, Love, and Family
In Sheep’s Clothing: Understanding and Dealing with Manipulative People
Why Is It Always About You? : Saving Yourself from the Narcissists in Your Life

Think I’ll be buying the books. Became very interested in [...]

Up to our knees in evil – child porn and other abuses

Posted by centaur on February 8, 2007 at 3:43 am

I and the public know
What all schoolchildren learn,
Those to whom evil is done
Do evil in return. – W. H. Auden
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/070207/national/cda_child_porn
By Sue Bailey
OTTAWA (CP) – News of a Canadian link to a major international child-pornography ring is the latest in a growing number of horrific homegrown cases, says a top investigator.
“We’re up to our knees in [...]

WrongPlanet Asperger’s and the Cheshire Cat

Posted by centaur on January 2, 2007 at 7:34 am

WrongPlanet.net – my birthday is for everyone else. http://www.wrongplanet.net/article350.html
The person making the post, and many of the people commenting, are ranting about not being party animals. Hate to break the news to these guys, but I don’t think it’s exclusively an aspie problem. Wonder if they even are aspie, considering all the parties they’re being invited to that they don’t want to [...]