And if the shoe pinches, so much the worse for the guilty ones. We will not be quiet. We will remember. We declare our solemn right to remember the atrocities we have endured, in spite of the brutal attempts by psychiatrists to make us forget. . . . Although many believe the DSM is a scientific document, its most important function is insurance reimbursment.
Drug companies play a particularly important role in the development of diagnostic categories.
One reason is that psychiatrists have a tendency to disregard scientific evidence in favor of theories which have not been proven or validated. Patients were urinating, having bowel movements and vomiting on these mattresses at night, and they were not cleaned. Also the psychiatrists charged their usual high fees. They even charged the government for psychotherapy for Alzheimers patients. As the semester progressed, her anxieties increased and she dropped out of school and shortly thereafter placed herself in a psychiatric ward hoping to find relief.