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> The DSM is based off the "top" Psychiatrists at the time voting on the illnesses (literally), without scientific backing. What, precisely, would provide scie
by geofft 6y ago
> The DSM is based off the "top" Psychiatrists at the time voting on the illnesses (literally), without scientific backing.
What, precisely, would provide scientific backing here, if a vote by professional scientists doesn't count? A vote by academics? A committee of academics, appointed by a prior generation? A team at Harvard, because Harvard is the oldest? A committee appointed by the government?
- Talanes 6y agoI believe their problem was with the structure of the process, and not with the composition of the governing body.
- KerryJones 6y agoAs Talanes mentioned -- the problem is with the decision method not the governing body. Again, comparing to the medical industry, where doctors don't vote on the existence or not of a virus causing a problem.