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You ever wonder why the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) gets thicker every time a drug company patents a new drug? Certain societal
by ghusto 3y ago
You ever wonder why the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) gets thicker every time a drug company patents a new drug?
Certain societal groups are particularly receptive to their bullshit (hint; us) and tear you to pieces if you try to tell them their "disease" is made up. It's easier to have a label for your poor psychological habits than to do the work to change yourself.
- ghusto 3y agoLoL and the inevitable downvotes rain :D
- kbelder 3y agoMaybe they need to classify the need to be classified with a mental disorder as a mental disorder, and then everybody would be happy, and the book would be thinner.
- jawns 3y agoOn the other hand, insurance companies are more likely to pay for treatment if the condition has a name, which is why sometimes patients receive "sympathetic diagnoses," where they're diagnosed with a condition that has a close-enough match to their symptoms, simply to get insurance authorization for treatment.