so in the 1970's they were advocating against using the term abuse, even though the american psychiatric association adopted that term which is unfortunate because then that gives rise to the term abuser, naturally. and that was the warning actually, back in the '70's that was saying, this is what's going to happen is that you're going to you're going to generate this term by using that term. so what do we replace that with? so there are, there are a couple of things that i see i, i wrote about in that paper and papers since then, is to use, for example, if someone has a diagnosable substance abuse disorder, to use that term, substance abuse disorder. if we're talking about it generically, we might refer to individuals with a substance-related problem or substance- related condition. another term in other countries that have been used is substance misuse. so the misuse of a particular drug or alcohol. and so these are three ter substance-related problem or substance-related condition, again, person first, it's an individual with a substance-related problem or a substance- related condition. substanc

the american psychiatric association did not participate.ere is that group's most recent statement. quote, an adult who even gauges in sexual activity with a child is performing a criminal and immoral act and it is never considered normal or socially acceptable behavior. critics of the whole effort to change the definition of pedophilia is the movement is only about one thing, and that is to decriminalize the activity ultimately. megyn: they want it to become a diagnosable illness to the extent that, for example if you develop alcoholism, or if you develop some other debilitating illness on the job you can't get fired for that usually because you have a disability that is recognized and you're protected under the law. are they pushing to have pedophilia go into that same category? >> reporter: what i can tell you is they say this is all about creating tolerance and better understanding of people who have an attraction to children. i am going to talk with one of the psychiatrists in about an hour who is pushing this idea. he also stands accus

during and deception was published this very influential book was recognized by the american psychiatric association , which honored him with the guttmacher award. he also developed the structured interview of reported symptoms during this period. so it was a good productive period in canada. but in 1991, she decided to leave and return to the united states to take up the faculty position in the department of psychology at the university of north texas. and there he helped build an unexceptional clinical psychology doctoral program and he has remained there where he now is recently named the region's professor, and i want to say that i know many of dick's students. he's been an exceptional mentor to his students. and in fact, it's worth noting three of his students were recognized by national awards for their early career contributions to research in the area. dick of course himself as well known for his many contributions to the skills and putting the assessment of malingering, the insanity defense, and competency to stand trial. the work that he's done and all those areas was recognized by another

the american psychiatric association does not consider it any kind of disorder or mental illness. ms. bachmann is entitled to her opinion, but what is interesting she is no long willing to share that opinion of hers publicly. for weeks now she has been deflecting statements about her past statements by calling the question irrelevant or frivolous. this is the response she has given when asked about it. >> i am running for the presidency of the united states. i am not running to be anyone's judge. >> and i am more than happy to stand for questions on running for presidency of the united states. >> you know, all these kind of questions really aren't about what people are concerned about right now. >> i am running to be the president of the united states. i am not running to be any person's judge. >> well, i'm running for the presidency of the united states. and i'm here today to talk about job creation. >> she is running for president, which is very possibly the reason why she is not answering this question about her past statements. when asked about the statements by new hampshire'

the american psychiatric association does not consider it a disorder or mental illness. miss bachmann is entitled to her opinion and an opinion that many people in the country share. but what is interesting she is no longer willing to share it publicly. for weeks she's been deflecting questions about her past statements by calling the question irrelevant or frivolous. this is the response given when asked about it. >> i'm running for the president of the united states. i'm not running to be anyone's judge. i'm more than happy to stand for questions on running for presidency of the united states. all of these kind of questions really aren't about what people are concerned about right now. i'm running to be the president of the united states. i'm not running to be any person's judge. i'm running for the presidency of the united states. i'm here today to talk about job creation. >> she's running for president, which is possibly the reason why she is not answer the question about her past statements. when asked about the statements by concord monitor t congresswoman bachmann

the american psychiatric association does not consider it any kind of disorder or mental illness. ms. bachmann is entitled to her opinion, but what is interesting she is no long willing to share that opinion of hers publicly. for week news she has been deflecting statements about her past statements by calling the question irrelevant or frivolous. this is the response she has given when asked about it. >> i am running for the presidency of the united states. i am not running to be anyone's judge. >> and i am more than happy to stand for questions on running for presidency of the united states. >> you know, all these kind of questions really aren't about what people are concerned about right now. >> i am running to be the president of the united states. i am not running to be any person's judge. >> well, i'm running for the presidency of the united states. and i'm here today to talk about job creation. >> she is running for president, which is very possibly the reason why she is not answering this question about her past statements. when asked about the statements by new hampshire'

this very influential book was recognized by the american psychiatric association which honored him with an award. he also developed the structured interview of reported symptoms, is sirs, during this period, so it was a good, productive period in canada. but in 1991 he decided to leave and return to the united states to take up a faculty position in the department of psychology at the university of north texas. and there he helped build an exception alkaline call psychology doctoral program, and he's remained there where he now is recently named the regents professor. and i want to say i know that many of dick's students. he's been an exceptional mentor to his students, and, in fact, it's worth noting that three of his student were recognized by national awards for their early career contributions to research in the area. and dick, of course, himself is well known for his many contributions to the field including the assessment of malingering, the insanity defense and competency to stand trial. the work that he's done in all of those areas was recognized by another award he received fro