Save grief

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Allen Frances: Last Plea To DSM-5: Save Grief From the Drug Companies.

Now even a disobedient child may be labelled mentally ill.And a grieving person can be called depressed after two weeks!I’d say two years is  a more realistic estimate if you lose a spouse or a child.Even with a cat it can be at least few weeks of sadness.

I don’t know how we here in the UK will be affected but we tend to follow the USA.A good example is diabetes.They changed the level of blood sugar to a lower level so thousands of people became “diabetic” overnight.Then the newspapers report a “worrying increase” in  people suffering from diabetes!I assume they do this as they think it will help people but no doubt it will mean handing out more drugs too.That’s one of our problems now.As we age we are given more and more medication