Comments on: Overdiagnosing mental disorders https://www.overlawyered.com/2011/12/overdiagnosing-mental-disorders/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Sat, 31 Dec 2011 21:08:56 +0000 hourly 1 By: throckmortons https://www.overlawyered.com/2011/12/overdiagnosing-mental-disorders/comment-page-1/#comment-140133 Sat, 31 Dec 2011 21:08:56 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=26501#comment-140133 At our medical office we keep a tally of those who below 40, able to drive and fill out complex forms and are on full Social Security Disability. The numbers are huge. Number one disability: bipolar, number 2 fibro.

]]> By: Smart Dude https://www.overlawyered.com/2011/12/overdiagnosing-mental-disorders/comment-page-1/#comment-140112 Sat, 31 Dec 2011 01:07:37 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=26501#comment-140112 The problem is not the current re-working of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, which is just a phenomenological and observational scientific tool.

The real issue is the vaguely worded, poorly written, and completely over-bearing Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.

Of course, the resultant injustice is greatly worsened by the now “customary” Obama Regime horrific hyper-regulatory stance and really, really bad judgment on the part of the current Administration.

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