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Originally Posted by anthony  My absolute disagreement is with the statement Doug made, "DSM is a pile of useless crap" which is a crap statement. |
Yeah I didn't agree with that aspect of his argument either. I just didn't believe the DSM should be the end-all-be-all concrete bible of mental health science. It's still evolving as we learn and the diagnostic methods are far too dependent on human judgment rather than scientific evidence.
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Originally Posted by anthony Without the DSM in today's evolving state, we would still be diagnosing troops with Bi-Polar disorder or the like.... many would still be dieing instead of receiving atleast the semi-correct treatment the majority of the time. A significant portion of Vietnam veterans killed themselves because they where not treated for PTSD. Physicians started the DSM in that era, they didn't have it close to right though. They got it near correct by DSM III, though again, the book and its diagnoses evolve the more they learn through science, studies and the like. It was never designed to be used to replace a shrink, never... it was designed to help shrinks provide a standardized level of diagnostic ability across the globe and where regardless a person went, the criteria is the same from country to country. That is what the book achieved... which in itself is quite a milestone to say the least IMO that is. |
Did not know this about DSM I and II, excellent point Anthony. Also that certainly sounds like a milestone to me.