Friends,
Psychologists and psychiatrists have a "Bible" of their profession known as the DSM. The diagnosis they give a patient is based on the definitions contained in this book.
Soon, the new edition called DSM-5 will be released. It contains radically expanded definitions of what constitutes "mental illness" and even though it has not even been released yet, it is already becoming regarded as an incredible scandal. Many of these definitions have no basis whatsoever in scientific data but are simply voted into existence.
This is something everyone should know about because all it takes is some jackass doctor or psychiatrist to say that you fit one of the ever-expanding definitions of "mental illness" in order to cause you to lose many of your rights as a citizen under the law. Such a frivolous diagnosis can lead to your children being taken away, involuntary commitment, forced drugging, and loss of other legal or constitutionally-protected rights.
Psychiatric labels are already being used in this way as a covert means to neutralize political dissidents. This is happening right now in western so-called "free world" countries, not just in China like the media would have us believe.
Please check out this recent news article about the upcoming DSM-5 changes, and for some amazing additional information on the subject, please visit the Weaponized Psychiatry section of my website.
Jeff