Breakthrough in Mental Health. Part One

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Important Announcement

Breakthrough in Mental Health
A First for Community Mental Health in Auckland
(a Community Mental Health Centre in Auckland New Zealand)

By Tboni

After extensive research amongst our colleagues, we in Auckland believe we have discovered a hitherto unrecognised disorder that could be widespread in our community and even infectious.
A disorder that could be responsible for the emotional, psychological, mental and physical suffering of thousands possibly millions of its innocent victims worldwide.
It occurs we believe most frequently amongst the disadvantaged and underprivileged, the poor and poverty stricken, the unhappy, the depressed and stressed; those particularly at the lower levels of our society. It has a racial as well as a female gender bias.
We claim that the recognition of this disorder, its diagnostic criteria, and its treatment regimens have never before been distinguished.
Up till this historic time, the disorder appears nowhere in psychiatric literature or in the DSM (fourth edition, to the best of our knowledge) and we claim it could be a “world first”, for Henderson House, reflecting credit on the Community Mental Health Centres of the Waitemata CHE, and glory on its Mental Health Management. We believe that, because the prevalence of this disorder, (present evidence suggests we have seen just the tip of the iceberg), its severity, and the degree of suffering it gives rise to, urgent attention should be given to making this knowledge public. Millions could be affected by this disorder worldwide, as compared to a mere ten or so with mad cow disease.
Furthermore, a research group should be set up immediately, to investigate the severity and prevalence of this disorder, its long term effects and demographic boundaries.
This paper, for the first time, distinguishes the disorder, outlines the important diagnostic criteria, the differential diagnosis, the treatment of choice, and outlines treatment protocols, adverse effects, and suggests important avenues for future research. We do not claim this is at all comprehensive, and some of our findings may eventually be found to be mistaken, but it is a start, and much more work needs to be done.
Because this disorder has never before been distinguished as such, we are unsure where it should lie in current psychiatric nosology. We would appreciate suggestions.