Comments on: Redefining Crazy http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2009/03/redefining-crazy/ The official Derren Brown Blog Mon, 07 May 2012 09:24:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: ReliegiousMarie http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2009/03/redefining-crazy/#comment-6547 ReliegiousMarie Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:02:29 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=998#comment-6547 Oy..@Rebecca...you speak for yourself :twisted: :lol: Oy..@Rebecca…you speak for yourself :twisted:

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]]> By: Berber Anna http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2009/03/redefining-crazy/#comment-6543 Berber Anna Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:04:12 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=998#comment-6543 Flapjack: *grins* No worries, me too -- I'd just be annoying the shrink by being an insufferable know-it-all, I suppose. :oP Flapjack: *grins* No worries, me too — I’d just be annoying the shrink by being an insufferable know-it-all, I suppose. :o P

]]> By: Flapjack http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2009/03/redefining-crazy/#comment-6541 Flapjack Tue, 17 Mar 2009 09:43:50 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=998#comment-6541 Berber Anna - Fair enough... this is why I wouldn't make the grade as a Psychotherapist... I'm more likely to be the guy on the couch! Berber Anna – Fair enough… this is why I wouldn’t make the grade as a Psychotherapist… I’m more likely to be the guy on the couch!

]]> By: Rebecca http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2009/03/redefining-crazy/#comment-6533 Rebecca Tue, 17 Mar 2009 01:02:21 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=998#comment-6533 Dont most Derren fans have this? LOL ;) Dont most Derren fans have this? LOL ;)

]]> By: ReliegiousMarie http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2009/03/redefining-crazy/#comment-6530 ReliegiousMarie Tue, 17 Mar 2009 00:40:07 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=998#comment-6530 rofl @sgc...is that a boob disorder?....hehehee rofl @sgc…is that a boob disorder?….hehehee

]]> By: ScreamingGreenConure http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2009/03/redefining-crazy/#comment-6526 ScreamingGreenConure Mon, 16 Mar 2009 22:31:27 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=998#comment-6526 DSM is one letter away from BDSM. Just think about that for a while. DSM is one letter away from BDSM. Just think about that for a while.

]]> By: Berber Anna http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2009/03/redefining-crazy/#comment-6525 Berber Anna Mon, 16 Mar 2009 22:05:16 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=998#comment-6525 Flapjack: Psychosis isn't the same as psychopathy ;o). One causes your thoughts to run wild, the other is a form of antisocial personality disorder. Psychopathy isn't a DSM classification, by the way, though I believe antisocial personality disorder is. And there are probably more psychopaths at the top of the business world than psychopathic serial killers. ...Uhm, yes, I did read an article about psychopathy recently, why? :oP Flapjack: Psychosis isn’t the same as psychopathy ;o). One causes your thoughts to run wild, the other is a form of antisocial personality disorder.
Psychopathy isn’t a DSM classification, by the way, though I believe antisocial personality disorder is. And there are probably more psychopaths at the top of the business world than psychopathic serial killers.

…Uhm, yes, I did read an article about psychopathy recently, why? :o P

]]> By: Nopke http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2009/03/redefining-crazy/#comment-6519 Nopke Mon, 16 Mar 2009 19:06:48 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=998#comment-6519 I'm in there too!! I’m in there too!!

]]> By: lauralou http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2009/03/redefining-crazy/#comment-6515 lauralou Mon, 16 Mar 2009 18:50:33 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=998#comment-6515 Generally in the UK most psychiatrists use the International Classification of Diseases 10 (ICD10) http://www.who.int/classifications/icd/en/ This is a little more rational than the DSM, which has some really strange classifications in it, although it does include the multi-axial approach which is used by many intellectual disability psychiatrists where there are many layers to psychological problems Personally I think that both have their strong points but I feel that the DSM has some classifications in it which shouldn't really be in a psychiatric disorders handbook. Generally in the UK most psychiatrists use the International Classification of Diseases 10 (ICD10) http://www.who.int/classifications/icd/en/

This is a little more rational than the DSM, which has some really strange classifications in it, although it does include the multi-axial approach which is used by many intellectual disability psychiatrists where there are many layers to psychological problems

Personally I think that both have their strong points but I feel that the DSM has some classifications in it which shouldn’t really be in a psychiatric disorders handbook.

]]> By: Flapjack http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2009/03/redefining-crazy/#comment-6489 Flapjack Mon, 16 Mar 2009 12:49:29 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=998#comment-6489 I saw a documentary on psychosis that claimed the clinical diagnosis for psychotic patients is based on a system of character traits that if you score 28 out of a list of 40, you are officially a psychopath. Some of them were fairly innocent sounding traits such as shallow emotional range, charisma and generosity. I couldn't help thinking that this would be a brilliant quiz to put in one of those supermarket checkout women's magazines... just to go down a checklist of innocuus sounding questions and have a scoring system at the end that says "If you answered mostly 'A' you are probably an axe weidling maniac who needs to be sectioned before you harm someone!" I saw a documentary on psychosis that claimed the clinical diagnosis for psychotic patients is based on a system of character traits that if you score 28 out of a list of 40, you are officially a psychopath. Some of them were fairly innocent sounding traits such as shallow emotional range, charisma and generosity. I couldn’t help thinking that this would be a brilliant quiz to put in one of those supermarket checkout women’s magazines… just to go down a checklist of innocuus sounding questions and have a scoring system at the end that says “If you answered mostly ‘A’ you are probably an axe weidling maniac who needs to be sectioned before you harm someone!”

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