Indiana Bar making Medical recommendations!!!
The Indiana State Bar Association is recommending more screening for mental illnesses in juveniles accused of crimes according to the report in the Courier. [Report: Screen young offenders]
This is another example of trying to blame someone or some problem for the behaviors and choices these juveniles make.
The following excerpt is taken from “The National Center for Policy Analysis” [NCPA - BA #247 - Crime Is Down Because Punishment Is Up ]
“The Breakdown of Punishment. America's legal philosophy changed so dramatically during the 1960s that, while the annual number of violent crimes and burglaries tripled from 1 million to 2.9 million, the number of new commitments to prison by the courts for violent crimes and burglaries actually fell from 40,000 in 1960 to 37,000 in 1970”
Who is going to choose which mental illnesses to screen for and who will make the decision that the mental illness was responsible? According to the DSM-IV, virtually any behavior can be classified as a mental illness. A few examples are as follows:
V62.3 Academic Problem
308.3 Acute Stress Disorder
309.9 Adjustment Disorder Unspecified
995.2 Adverse Effects of Medication NOS
305 Alcohol Abuse
303.9 Alcohol Dependence
303 Alcohol Intoxication
293.84 Anxiety Disorder Due to...[Indicate the General Medical Condition]
300 Anxiety Disorder NOS
314.9 Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder NOS
V62.89 Borderline Intellectual Functioning
301.83 Borderline Personality Disorder
780.59 Breathing-Related Sleep Disorder
298.8 Brief Psychotic Disorder
301.6 Dependent Personality Disorder
300.6 Depersonalization Disorder
311 Depressive Disorder NOS
315.4 Developmental Coordination Disorder
313.9 Disorder of Infancy, Childhood, or Adolescence NOS
315.2 Disorder of Written Expression
312.9 Disruptive Behavior Disorder NOS
307.5 Eating Disorder NOS
302.85 Gender Identity Disorder in Adolescents or Adults
302.6 Gender Identity Disorder NOS
300.02 Generalized Anxiety Disorder
312.3 Impulse-Control Disorder NOS
305.9 Inhalant Abuse
315.9 Learning Disorder NOS
302.74 Male Orgasmic Disorder
V65.2 Malingering
315.1 Mathematics Disorder
302.82 Voyeurism
We are becoming a society that shirks personal responsibility and always looks for a scapegoat. Psychiatric problems are over-diagnosed because few people want to address the real issues with personal choices, morality and responsibility. The majority of problems originate in the home because of a decline in traditional family values and stability. The following excerpt was also taken from the same article. [NCPA - BA #247 - Crime Is Down Because Punishment Is Up ]
“The impact of taking criminals off the streets and keeping them locked up longer has been noticeable in many cities, particularly New York. Yet while it raises the price of committing a crime and reduces the amount of crime committed, incarceration alone cannot carry the whole load. Harvard economist Richard B. Freeman finds that church attendance is a better predictor of who escapes poverty, drug addiction and crime than family income, family structure and other variables.”
We need to help those who are truly mentally ill, but we need accountability for those whose choices are illegal or just plain evil. Punishments should be swift and appropriate for the crimes. That will be the real deterrent. That is where time, energy and tax dollars should be focused along with encouraging and strengthening traditional family values!!
This is another example of trying to blame someone or some problem for the behaviors and choices these juveniles make.
The following excerpt is taken from “The National Center for Policy Analysis” [NCPA - BA #247 - Crime Is Down Because Punishment Is Up ]
“The Breakdown of Punishment. America's legal philosophy changed so dramatically during the 1960s that, while the annual number of violent crimes and burglaries tripled from 1 million to 2.9 million, the number of new commitments to prison by the courts for violent crimes and burglaries actually fell from 40,000 in 1960 to 37,000 in 1970”
Who is going to choose which mental illnesses to screen for and who will make the decision that the mental illness was responsible? According to the DSM-IV, virtually any behavior can be classified as a mental illness. A few examples are as follows:
V62.3 Academic Problem
308.3 Acute Stress Disorder
309.9 Adjustment Disorder Unspecified
995.2 Adverse Effects of Medication NOS
305 Alcohol Abuse
303.9 Alcohol Dependence
303 Alcohol Intoxication
293.84 Anxiety Disorder Due to...[Indicate the General Medical Condition]
300 Anxiety Disorder NOS
314.9 Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder NOS
V62.89 Borderline Intellectual Functioning
301.83 Borderline Personality Disorder
780.59 Breathing-Related Sleep Disorder
298.8 Brief Psychotic Disorder
301.6 Dependent Personality Disorder
300.6 Depersonalization Disorder
311 Depressive Disorder NOS
315.4 Developmental Coordination Disorder
313.9 Disorder of Infancy, Childhood, or Adolescence NOS
315.2 Disorder of Written Expression
312.9 Disruptive Behavior Disorder NOS
307.5 Eating Disorder NOS
302.85 Gender Identity Disorder in Adolescents or Adults
302.6 Gender Identity Disorder NOS
300.02 Generalized Anxiety Disorder
312.3 Impulse-Control Disorder NOS
305.9 Inhalant Abuse
315.9 Learning Disorder NOS
302.74 Male Orgasmic Disorder
V65.2 Malingering
315.1 Mathematics Disorder
302.82 Voyeurism
We are becoming a society that shirks personal responsibility and always looks for a scapegoat. Psychiatric problems are over-diagnosed because few people want to address the real issues with personal choices, morality and responsibility. The majority of problems originate in the home because of a decline in traditional family values and stability. The following excerpt was also taken from the same article. [NCPA - BA #247 - Crime Is Down Because Punishment Is Up ]
“The impact of taking criminals off the streets and keeping them locked up longer has been noticeable in many cities, particularly New York. Yet while it raises the price of committing a crime and reduces the amount of crime committed, incarceration alone cannot carry the whole load. Harvard economist Richard B. Freeman finds that church attendance is a better predictor of who escapes poverty, drug addiction and crime than family income, family structure and other variables.”
We need to help those who are truly mentally ill, but we need accountability for those whose choices are illegal or just plain evil. Punishments should be swift and appropriate for the crimes. That will be the real deterrent. That is where time, energy and tax dollars should be focused along with encouraging and strengthening traditional family values!!
posted by Anonymous at 2:42 PM
5 Comments:
My point to this is not that there are not legitimate disease in this group. Ceece is exactly right in her view of the ones listed. But she also points to the one most abused (ADD). The problem is that we can make excuses for virtually any behavior and who then is responsible to sort out what is legitamate and what is not?
My guess is that the healthblogger isn't enthusiastic about the conclusion of the authors of "Freakonomics," to the effect that crime went down when it did because of abortion removing unwanted children from the streets.
ceece misread my comment. I believe these are legitimate diseases, but with the case of ADD, it is over-diagnosed and used as an excuse many times for behaviors that are not a mental illness. Alcohol intoxication is classified as a mental illness in DSM-IV, but someone who is not alcoholic and gets drunk once and commits a crime should be punished appropriately and not labeled as mentally ill.
Everyone should be offered treatment for their diseases and given the medical and social supports necessary, but they still need to be held accountable when they break the law.
For the New Albanian: That is an interesting theory and would validate the fact that being in an unwanted environment leads to antisocial behaviors.
Although that may be a way to minimize crime, as you could probably guess, I am opposed to abortion.
The conclusion of the authors is that no one ever suspected there would be a link between abortion and the crime rate.
In the context of this discussion, I intended it as a jump ball, nothing else.
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