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TMON-48: The Myth of Normal, Chapter 17, Song 3 • Alex Hickey ©2024 • Click More and SCROLL DOWN FOR LYRICS! • This song is based on information in Chapter 17 of The Myth of Normal, a book written by Dr. Gabor Maté with Daniel Maté. You can find more information about this book on Dr. Maté's website: https://drgabormate.com/book/the-myth-of-n... • I am writing a series of songs in response to the ideas in this book, sometimes in combination with ideas from other books by Dr. Maté and some of his colleagues. These are my interpretations of these ideas. I acknowledge that I can make mistakes, misunderstand and/or take poetic license when transforming these ideas into songs. I welcome questions in the comments section and refer you to the book itself as the final authority about what it is saying. • Lyrics: • The DSM-5 • The DSM-5 • is the • 5th Edition • Of the Diagnostic and Statistical • Manual of Mental Disorders • that is compiled • by the American • Psychiatric • Association. • When published in 2013, • Dr. David Kupfer • The head of the task force • Responsible for the book • Stated in a press release • And I Quote: • “In the future • We hope to be able • To identify disorders • Using biological and • Genetic markers • That can provide • Precise diagnoses • That can be delivered • With complete • Reliability • And validity.” • “Yet, this promise that • we have anticipated • Since the 1970s • Remains disappointingly distant • We’ve been telling patients for decades • That we are waiting for • Biomarkers • We’re still waiting.”* • Unquote. • We’re still waiting • How long will we wait? • For biomarkers • Sought for decades. • Without looking at other alternatives • Is there a solution more elegant? • There’s no need, says Dr. Maté • To look any further than the trauma • that people experience. • Why look for the randomness • Of some genetic or • biochemical determinant? • When it’s easy to see • How conditions like • Depression or anxiety • Are an understandable response • To a hopeless or scary situation • A response that persists • and even can worsen • Long after the event • that sparked it. • *This quote appears on p. 240 of The Myth of Normal (hardcover edition). • #gabormate #DSM5 #mentalhealth #selfregulation #medicalmodel #medicalization #mentalillness

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