STATE OF VIRGINIA'S LATEST HEALTH PROGRAM - GREAT, BUT ALARMING IN CONTEXT WITH TERMINOLOGY SURROUNDING
"PERINATAL".
WHERE IS THE DSM LISTED? IT'S NOT! WHY, BECAUSE PERINATAL IS NOT RECOGNIZED BY THE DSM, NOT YET - BUT PROFESSIONALS,
ORGANIZATIONS AND ESPECIALLY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ARE ALL ON THE BAND WAGON TO MAKE "PERINATAL" A RECOGNIZED TERM - REGARDLESS
OF DSM CLASSIFICATIONS, AND GUIDELINES IN ITS USEAGE.
CHANGE MUST COME FROM WITHIN THE DSM'S FUTURE PUBLICATIONS -- IF THERE IS TO BE ANY TRUE PREVENTION STRIDES MADE!
WE CAN NOT USE TERMINOLOGY NOT MEDICALLY RECOGNIZED ANYMORE THAN WE CAN SET OURSELVES UP AS JUDGE AND JURY IN A COURT OF LAW.
THIS CART BEFORE THE HORSE MENTALITY HAS TO STOP - OR IT WILL HINDER THE MAIN GOAL OF BRINGING SUPPORT AND MEDICAL HELP
TO NEW MOTHERS. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL USE THE NON-MEDICALLY RECOGNIZED TERM, "PERINATAL" AGAINST WOMEN BY WITHHOLDING
MONIES FOR ANYTHING OUTSIDE THE "ONE MONTH" PERIOD.
LEGALLY WE ARE SETTING UP WOMEN TO BE FAILED AS WELL WHEN "PERINATAL" CANNOT BE USED IN A COURT OF LAW BECAUSE IT IS
NOT IN THE DSM AS SUCH.
PLEASE, SLOW DOWN THE PACE A BIT, STEP BACK AND REFLECT WHERE WE ARE HEADING! BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE TO TURN AROUND
THE HORSE WHO LAGS BEHIND THE WAGON CART INSTEAD OF PULLING IT!
