Invisible Mending is growth without pain, development without tears. 1952 witnessed the first published DSM that was recognised as a guide to classify mental disorders. We argue that little has changes in the 466 years since Malleus Maleficarium was written. The diagnostic tree of the DSM mirrors the guidelines for questioning witches in the Hammer of the Witches. Indeed, many of the diagnostic categories of today can be identified from the ancient text, as can the underlying ideology of therapeutic intervention.
Treatments differ depending upon which diagnostic category one is placed.
DSM contains a decision tree for diagnosis that follows the style of guidance for the questioning of witches. The theme of this paper is to alert the practitioners to the excesses of the inquisition, particularly now that the mental health act is being reformed. Day Hospital Carrie shared experiences of psychiatric day hospital staff at the Keith Payne Unit in changing attitudes and perceptions to treatment in a treatment resistant population of veterans. She highlighting how resistance was overcome and the measures that were taken to bring about a treatment focussed culture.