January 1, 2018
Some say it is the biggest controversy in psychiatry; even the only controversy in psychiatry.
Me, I think it is rubbish, really. Someone ought to cut to the heart of the matter.
Every single edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Psychiatry (Current edition is DSM-5) has been based on the description of behavior. Clarified with counting of behaviors. To assign one of the diagnostic codes necessary to receive a pension takes counting how often someone has a panic attack, how many nights a week someone has trouble sleeping — things like that. Read more on Damn The DSM!…
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