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Manuel Mota-Castillo,M.D.

This website is my contribution to clarify some of the confusions around the diagnoses and treatments of psychiatric illnesses. As the consultant at a general hospital I deal with the outcomes of diagnostic mistakes and/or faulty treatments. In my office I receive desperate calls from parents whose children's behaviors are worsening despite "adequate treatments." Most of them have a common denominator: a Diagnosis of bogus "co-morbidities" of ADHD with other conditions compounded by drug combinations with adversarial effects.

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The Debate Goes On
April 14, 2013 Letter to a Foreign Psychiatrist. By Seyyed Nassir Ghaemi, MD, MPH	March 13, 2013 Overdiagnosis: Examine the Assumptions, Anticipate New Bipolar Criteria. By James Phelps, MD
Jan 17, 2013 DSM-5: If You Don't Like the Effects, Look at the Causes. By S. Nassir Ghaemi, MD, MPH	Dec 4, 2012 DSM-5 Is A Guide, Not A Bible. Simply Ignore Its 10 Worst Changes. By Allen Frances, MD
Oct 5. 2012 Violence in the Media: What Effects on Behavior? By Arlene Kaplan	June, 2012 Your Child Does Not Have Bipolar Disorder. By Stuart L Kaplan MD
February, 2012 A Delicate Brain: Ethical and Practical Considerations for the Use of Medications in very Young Children. By Stacy S. Drury, MD, PhD and Mary Margaret Gleason, MD	November 2011 Why Psychiatrist Should Sign The Petition to Reform DSM-5. By Allen Frances, MD
March 2011 Folie en masse! It’s so tempting to drink the Kool-Aid. By Henry A. Nasrallah, MD	March 8, 2011 Bipolar Disorder often mistaken for depression in primary Care. By Désirée Lie, MD, MSED
February 2011 "Not all mood swings are bipolar Disorder". By Robert A. Kowatch, MD, PhD	September 2010 Bipolar Spectrum Disorders in DSM-V. By Rakesh Jain, MD, MPH

Opinions, Commentaries and Publications
Addressing the Mount Olympus	Psychiatric Myths... and some public misunderstanding of mental illness:
Psychiatric Myths... and some public misunderstanding of mental illness:	Academic Papers published by the excellent psychiatrist Dr. Gustavo Vazquez
Bipolar Disorder and Genetics: Beyond Question	Childhood Conduct Disorder and Oppositional ... Defiant Disorder Are Common Manifestations of Bipolar Disorder.
Hear no evil, see no evil	Are the media and the public still missing the clues?
Screening for bipolar disorders in Spanish-speaking populations: Sensitivity and specificity of the Bipolar Spectrum Diagnostic Scale–Spanish Version.	Substance Abuse and Mood Disorders: The Chicken or the Egg?
Increase in Bipolar Diagnosis in Youth Prompts Debates and Calls for Research.	Eliminate Conduct Disorders and ODD... This is the Right Time!

ADHD: A Real Disease but a False Epidemic.

This video is a warning call to those affected by mental distress, directly or indirectly. I want to tell a truth that many people and organizations have kept hidden from the public: 8-9 persons diagnosed with ADHD actually have another condition.

Professor Ronald Pies' Selected Papers
Why is it relevant to collect several of the impressive number of Dr. Ronald Pies’ publications? Maybe, the first one (2005’s profile by Arline Kaplan) can answer this question: