Morgellons successfully lobbied members of the U.S. Congress
and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
to investigate the condition in 2006.[4][9]
WRT my comment below, not the poster you seemed to have replied to, I am not at all upset about investigating a disease, mental or physical, however, I believe the initial impetus was to lobby to look into it as a physical disease (worms, tiny bugs, whatever), and that was where my astonishment came from; 6 years of finding no chemical, or organism, or other physical disease-causing entity. Maybe I misread the link, but that's how I took it. I am sorry you took it the wrong way.
Wow, a 6-year study for something that had no real physical proof (marks made before diagnosis don't count) or cause other than delusion. I want a tax refund.
I think people have misunderstood my post. It was not against funding for any mental illness, or mental disease studies. The comment was in direct response to a linked article in the NY Times article, about Morgellons.
I have had friends and family with mental health issues, so believe me, I am not a doubter about the seriousness of mental health and the associated diseases.
Morgellons:
"a self-diagnosed skin condition that is actually a form of delusional disorder in which individuals believe they are infested with inanimate material like sand, hairs, thread, or fibers, while in reality no such infestation is present." [1].
I was astonished it took a 2 years to conduct the investigation, and another 4 years to publish, to finally in the end rule out actual physical causes, and arrive at the DI (Delusional Infestation) diagnosis. Remember, DI has been in the literature since 1937; they didn't discover it.
