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> very broad because they are necessary as tools for practicing doctors seeing patients This is such nonsense. These criteria are supposed to be scientifically
by rjkennedy98 6y ago
> very broad because they are necessary as tools for practicing doctors seeing patients
This is such nonsense. These criteria are supposed to be scientifically valid and not a tool. What other medical speciality calls their diagnostic criteria tools. That's like saying the standards for diagnosing cancer are just a tool and anyone could be diagnosed with cancer if the doctor thought you would benefit from chemo drugs.
Amazing the mental gymnastics people will go to defend an obviously corrupt discipline like psychiatry.
- Spivak 6y agoIn a cool future universe where we can introspect the brain like we do with code the need for statistics based diagnostic criteria might disappear but it's what we've got. Meeting the criteria is a good sign that you should talk to someone about it and figure out if that's the best explanation for what's happening. It's not a checklist and then "you've got the GAD."
- rjkennedy98 6y ago> In a cool future universe where we can introspect the brain like we do... We can do that. It's called fMRI. > It's not a checklist and then "you've got the GAD." Yes it is. That's literally exactly what is it.
- arcticbull 6y ago> We can do that. It's called fMRI. It's clearly not sufficient or not ready yet otherwise it would be used as such. > Yes it is. That's literally exactly what is it. That's not a fair assessment.