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No DSM Diagnosis

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Oliver Lu
12 years ago

To play devil's advocate I would say the reductionist approach isn't out of date at all, in fact it's seem as mainstream and even advancing in some quarters because of the emphasis on "brain science".

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Oliver Lu
12 years ago

The DSM is a storybook (which doesn't mean it doesn't have limited usefulness) but being an individual doesn't preclude having a biomedical disease...

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Barbara Schaefer
12 years ago Featured

I am shocked at the reductionist approach to psychosocial conditions - out of date since 1960s!

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mary-anne mackenzie
12 years ago

we are individuals!!

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Judith Langdon
12 years ago Featured

The DSM and the drugs for those disorders killed my son. Amen to a long needed course change to reject the selling of brokeness to the general populace.

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john mills
12 years ago

4 tags so far and counting, finger pointing bullies.

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john mills
12 years ago

4 tags so far and counting, finger pointing bullies.

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Jack Carney
12 years ago

ICD is next!

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Gerald D. Otis
12 years ago

Prevent the abuses associated with DSM diagnoses!

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patrice
12 years ago

DSM is unscientific and invalid. Its is destructive and expensive marketing tool

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Anonymous
12 years ago Featured

I've seen firsthand the harm DSM categories can do. It is all too easy to "qualify" as mentally ill, with potentially devastating consequences.