Author: loisholzman

29 May The Sociology and Politics of Diagnosis

Posted at 17:48h in Critical psychiatry, DSM-5, Human Development, Philosophy, Psychology, Psychology of Becoming, Psychotherapy, Social Therapeutics, Social Therapy 0 Comments

May 29, 2012 For much of this year, I’ve been writing about the need for more inclusive and public dialogue not only on the DSM-5 but the broader issue of the diagnostic way of life and alternatives to it. On Friday, June 8, I’ll be part of such a dialogue, as the...

15 May Did the DSM-5 Task Force Really Back Down?

Posted at 12:53h in Critical psychiatry, Culture, DSM-5, Health Care, Politics, Psychology, Psychology of Becoming, Psychotherapy, Social Therapy 0 Comments

May 15, 2012 Check out my guest column in Psychology Today's Rethinking Psychology (Eric Maisel's column) "Cosmetic Changes to the DSM-V (Did the DSM-5 Task Force Really Back Down?)" Recently the DSM-5 Task Force of psychiatrists dropped two diagnoses from its new manual—“attenuated psychosis syndrome” (proposed to identify people at risk of developing psychosis),...

10 May Webinar on Social Therapy—A Welcome Break from the DSM-5

Posted at 00:45h in Activity Theory, Community Organizing, Creativity, Culture, Education, Human Development, Learning Environments, Philosophy, Play, Postmodern Marxism, Psychology, Psychology of Becoming, Psychotherapy, Social Therapeutics, Social Therapy 0 Comments

May 9, 2012 The Institute jumped into the free webinar field at the beginning of this year. It's much simpler than I would have thought! We give people access to an audio or video. After listening/viewing, they can join an hour-long live chat, email questions and comments, or do nothing. I’ve led the...

05 May Occupy the APA

Posted at 17:11h in Community Organizing, Critical psychiatry, DSM-5, Psychology, Psychology of Becoming, Psychotherapy 0 Comments

May 5, 2012 In addition to Catherine Jackson’s thoughtful and comprehensive overview of the issues involved in the DSM-5 controversy I wrote about yesterday, there’s some other worthy reading. That’s partly due to the American Psychiatric Association (APA) holding its annual meeting this weekend in Philadelphia. Last week the APA posted the...

04 May Therapy Today Weighs in on DSM-5

Posted at 18:40h in Community Organizing, Critical psychiatry, DSM-5, Human Development, Philosophy, Psychology, Psychology of Becoming, Psychotherapy, Social Therapy 2 Comments

May 4, 2012 There’s an extensive and excellent discussion of the DSM-5 controversy on Therapy Today.net , an online publication of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. The article—“Diagnostic Disarray” by Catherine Jackson, Therapy Today’s Deputy Editor, which appeared in April—is unique compared to the dozens of news items, essays...

30 Apr Educational Researchers, AERA and Community Organizing

Posted at 19:24h in Community Organizing, Creativity, Education, Performance Movement, Play, Psychology of Becoming, Vygotsky, Youth Development 0 Comments

April 30, 2012 Right after being at TEDMED I flew to Vancouver, British Columbia for the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA). There are 25,000 members! And about half that number actually come to the five-day meeting. These are the folks who teach education courses at colleges and...

24 Apr Questioning Normal at TEDMED

Posted at 21:17h in Creativity, Critical psychiatry, DSM-5, Education, Health Care, Popular Posts, Psychology, Psychology of Becoming, Psychotherapy 3 Comments

April 24, 2012 I survived— and thrived at—TEDMED at the beautiful Kennedy Center in Washington, DC two weeks ago. Survived being with 1500 people I didn’t know and who didn’t come with an interest in mental health, diagnosis or the politics of psychology and psychiatry. Thrived on hearing 70 or more...

07 Apr Deciding What’s Normal at TEDMED

Posted at 16:45h in Creativity, Critical psychiatry, DSM-5, Education, Health Care, Human Development, Psychology, Psychology of Becoming 2 Comments

April 7, 2012 Deciding What's Normal. What a great topic for me to lobby folks around at the TEDMED conference this coming week in Washington, D.C. The topic and I are 1 of 50 "Great Challenges" in health and medicine that will be represented at the conference, along with the usual...

22 Mar Can You Grieve and Not Be Labeled with a Mental Disorder?

Posted at 21:38h in DSM-5, Health Care, Human Development, Psychology, Psychology of Becoming, Psychotherapy 3 Comments

March 22, 2012 Today I read Joanne Cacciatore’s blog. She’s the founder of the MISS Foundation, an international nonprofit organization with 75 chapters around the world aiding parents whose children have died or are dying at any age and from any cause. (She’s also a professor and researcher at Arizona State...

17 Mar What if client and mental health provider co-created a diagnosis?

Posted at 17:38h in DSM-5, Philosophy, Psychology, Psychology of Becoming, Psychotherapy, Social Therapy 2 Comments

March 17, 2012 A big thank you to Dr. Eric Maisel for having me as a guest blogger at his Rethinking Psychology column at Psychology Today. Check out the 3/16/12 post, asking "What if client and mental health provider co-created a diagnosis?"And become a regular reader of Rethinking Psychology....