Starting 6/1, CMPS will be using an alternative diagnostic system instead of DSM-5.
This will be the only diagnostic system allowed on our new EHR system. See:
The Diagnostic Manual of Mishegas:
potchkied together and .com-piled by
THE DIAGNOSTIC MANUAL OF MISHEGAS (DMOM)
The
authors cut through the hundreds of categories in the 1000-page D.S.M.
by dividing all mental disorders
into two realms: mishegas major and mishegas minor. And for each of the
sub-categories it analyzes—spilkes major (and spilkes minor), yenta,
kvetch, alter kocker, shnorrer, dementia-with-benefits, etc. THE DMOM
will enable readers to transform ordinary tsuris
and mishegas—the glooms, blues, angsts, and general chazzerie of their
lives—into transcendent and easy-to-understand categories. It will turn
kvetching into kvelling and guilt into gelt, so that readers will learn
to live at peace with their inner mishegas
and to treasure its precious and life-giving absurdities.
Comments:
" ich dorf es vi a loch in kop (it's needed like a hole in the head)...."
"A Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor is no substitute for a good piece of herring!"
"I hate this book!" (Herbert
Luftmensch, Chair, Inner Sanctomonium Sub-Committee, APA)
This seems to make more sense than some of what I've seen regarding the DSM V thingie.
ReplyDeleteIs there a facetious emote? I probably should have added one, ;^D>
ReplyDeleteMy wife and I loved this post! She sums it up simply "the whole thing schmeck de veck" (stinks to high heaven).
ReplyDeleteShe is not associated with this addendum: still feel schmucks are untreatable.
Thanks for the morning laugh!
You should link to Amazon so people know it is a real book.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.amazon.com/The-Diagnostic-Manual-Mishegas-com-piled/dp/1483994740/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1368895239&sr=8-1&keywords=manual+of+mishegas
Article in today's Guardian (UK newspaper) about DSM-5 if anyone is interested.
ReplyDeleteNew US manual for diagnosing mental disorders published
ReplyDeletehttp://gu.com/p/3gvhy