> As five experts on child psychology recently explained to me, toddlers’ irrational behaviors are a totally understandable reflection of their inner turmoil a

> As five experts on child psychology recently explained to me, toddlers’ irrational behaviors are a totally understandable reflection of their inner turmoil and frustrations. "... totally understandable"? Not any more. The new DSM (DSM-V) will list childhood tantrums as a mental illness: Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DSM-5 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DSM-5 Quote: "A proposed new diagnostic category, temper dysregulation with dysphoria (TDD), within the Mood Disorders section of the manual. The new criteria are based on a decade of research on severe mood dysregulation, and may help clinicians better differentiate children with these symptoms from those with bipolar disorder or oppositional defiant disorder." Footnote: "16. ^ Proposed Revision - APA DSM-5 - Temper Dysregulation Disorder with Dysphoria" The fotnote's link: http://www.dsm5.org/ProposedRevisions/Pages/proposedrevision.aspx?rid=397 http://www.dsm5.org/ProposedRevisions/Pages/proposedrevision... But if you click the above American Psychological Association link, you will be asked for a username and a password. Why? Because you're not on the DSM-V committee, and ordinary mortals (and the press) can't monitor the activities of the committee -- by policy, DSM-V is being created for the most part in secret. The reason? The DSM has been deemed too controversial to allow the process to be carried out in public. One reason for that are new diagnostic categories that (for exaple) turn temper tantrums into mental illnesses. There are many more: Proposed new diagnoses: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DSM-5#Proposed_new_diagnoses http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DSM-5#Proposed_new_diagnoses Conditions proposed by outside sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DSM-5#Conditions_proposed_by_outside_sources http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DSM-5#Conditions_proposed_by_ou...