"PERFECTIONISM" and the Failure to Address an Out of Date DSM ---- We Need Interim Procedures

• When we think of "PERFECTIONISM" we often think of young women and eating disorders -- we might think of Karen Carpenter.
• But perfectionism and eating disorders impact young men, too.
• Further, that "PERFECTIONISM" is very much to be found in our:
  • Research Community
  • Medical Community and
  • Legal Community
• That's not all a bad thing, right? It's not.
• But especially with Mental Health and the "PRO SOCIAL COMPETENCY EXPERTS" --- there is a "TIMIDITY" to addressing obvious problems and stick your neck out. 
  

The current OUT OF DATE DSM is just such a LARGE, LOOMING ISSUE that REVERBERATES in the Criminal Justice System and throughout the Society.

It can feel a lot "SAFER" to sit up in the BALCONY and pontificate on "NARCISSISM" or "ANTI-SOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER" --------Than it is to address the SERIOUS FOUNDATIONAL ISSUES in one's own profession.