Personality Disorder. Why I believe the new classification system, the ICD 11, will have a devastating effect on the lives of people with this label

Walk a Mile in My Shoes

English - June 07, 2021 12:37 - 24 minutes - 34.4 MB
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This is my response to Dr Mike Crawford, talking about the upcoming ICD (international classification of diseases) 11, and the changes to how people with the label of Personality Disorder will be treated within that new system, on the 'Wrong Kind of Mad' podcast. I'd encourage you to listen to it here. A podcast with homework? Whatever next?

I was so gobsmacked - still am, if truth be told - at what I feel to be his othering attitudes towards people who've been given this label, I get a bit sweary at times, so I've given this podcast an explicit rating.

I mention his study on the comparison between lamotrigine and a placebo in my podcast. You can find that here. 2 pieces of homework? Yeah, get over yourself!

Please share this with everyone you can think of. The new ICD 11 that will be implemented next January, will increase institutionalised prejudice and stigma which will mean fewer people will have access to the services they deserve. It will cost lives.

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Chris