It seems to me that this is the kind of 'shoring up' the system that authoritarians use. As the first respondent to you noted, this is a psychologist's essay a

It seems to me that this is the kind of 'shoring up' the system that authoritarians use. As the first respondent to you noted, this is a psychologist's essay and nowhere does he claim the majority _aren't_ trying to heal the sick. Your arguments are often emotional, anecdotal, and structured to pass a 'common sense' filter without necessarily being relevant. Who said anything about absolving patient responsibility? Who said anything about turning people away? In fact your second-to-last paragraph is almost _wholly irrelevant._ Finally, the DSM is _the gold standard._ Just like medical doctors have standardized the symptom checklist for a diagnosis, the DSM is The Rules. Medical doctors manage to survive having their diagnostics well known. You seem to be mired in apologia about psychiatry even as you deride its primary practical tool.