DSM Archives | Dr. Neil Cannon

Kinky is NOT a Diagnosis…

October 17, 2009 by drneilcannon1

Help make history by signing the DSM Revision Petition now! The diagnoses in the DSM-IV-TR still subject people who practice BDSM, fetishes and cross-dressing to bias, discrimination and social sanctions without any scientific basis. Sexual attitudes and behaviors change over time, i.e., it was only 100 years ago that masturbation was thought to cause blindness … Read more

Fetishes are all good in Sweden…

January 23, 2009 by drneilcannon1

Mental health professionals across the globe have a little known “secret code book” used to diagnose mental illness, i.e., depression, anxiety, etc. In the US it is called the DSM while in Europe it is called the ICD. Psychiatrists generally get paid by insurance companies and use the codes in this 6 pound, 800 page guerilla of a … Read more