Monthly Archives: February 2012
Millions of healthy people could be wrongly labelled ‘mentally ill’
New mental health manual is “dangerous” say experts
By Kate Kelland, Health and Science Correspondent
LONDON |
(Reuters) – Millions of healthy people – including shy or defiant children, grieving relatives and people with fetishes – may be wrongly labelled mentally ill by a new international diagnostic manual, specialists said on Thursday.
In a damning analysis of an upcoming revision of the influential Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), psychologists, psychiatrists and other experts said new categories of mental illness identified in the book were at best “silly” and at worst “worrying and dangerous”.
New ID cards recognise the role of young carers
Nottingham is only the second place nationwide to have the cards, after Lincolnshire.
TEENAGER Claire Machin knows everything there is to know about her mum’s rare condition.
The 16-year-old has been a carer for her mother Sarah Cross for as long as she can remember.
She does everything from helping her to wash and get dressed, to massaging her legs and making sure she takes her medication.
Sarah, 35, has Addison’s disease, a rare condition which means that her body does not produce adrenaline.
