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> The ASD and ADHD diagnostic criteria are still too broad and imprecise. One analogy has stuck with me. Defining mental disorders is like drawing up the const
by LetThereBeNick 6y ago
> The ASD and ADHD diagnostic criteria are still too broad and imprecise.
One analogy has stuck with me. Defining mental disorders is like drawing up the constellations. The individual behavioral traits are the stars, and the constellation’s boundaries are as much a function of the culture who defined them as they are a function of how clustered these stars/traits really are.
- DaiPlusPlus 6y agoAnd like constellations, those clusters are only observable together from a particular vantage-point (the earth), as soon as you go elsewhere (e.g. Alpha Centauri) the stars are in a totally different place and the constellations, as originally defined, simply don't exist.