Restless leg syndrome, social anxiety disorder, female sexual dysfunction, celebrity worship syndrome - it seems that a new illness is invented every week, covering every potential quirk in human behaviour.
Is the human condition becoming a medical condition?
Ten per cent of British children are regarded as having a clinically recognisable mental disorder, 34 million prescriptions for anti-depressants were written in the UK in 2007, while it is estimated that 10% of US children take Ritalin to combat behaviour problems.
Dr Tim Kendall, Joint Director of the National Collaboration Centre for Mental Health and a key government adviser is deeply concerned at what he sees as a medicalisation of a vast swathe of society.
He said: "I think there is an inherent danger from increasingly classifying people.
"If you look at the American Psychiatric Association 'bible', you'll see almost every piece of human behaviour can be classified as being in some way aberrant." ...
Read more @ BBC News
Celebrity Worship Syndrome LOL thats too funny
My friend is a GP she was telling me about disease mongering, how certain big newspapers are paid to run a small story about this "new disease" and they run the story with other news papers or at a later day in a different guise. And then ta-ra people think they have that disease, so they make a drug for that disease (which never really existed to begin with) and makes lotsa lotsa monay *ch-ching*
I wonder if they have any medication for Celebrity Worship Syndrome yet
There are a few brands out there depending on how serious the symptoms are and what variety they focus on?
Just like cancers, not all insteances of Celebrity Worship Syndrome are the same. There is a broad spectrum of magazines for such diseases such as Hello! and OK! which seem to relieve some of the anxiety and stress from people suffering from this disease.
However, some experts are calling into question the ethical nature of such treatments with concern over increased addiction to the medication and their negative effects on iq.
"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.
Lol how can you talk so seriously about it, lol!! This has to be a joke!! Celeb. Worship Syndrome...really??? :doubt:
Its simple, the media should stop making money off following celebs around = no magazines = no one catching C.W.S
No. the original article mentioned many other "syndromes" and diseases too. Besides most on reality tv are not really celebrities are they?
"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.