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> I would bet that even physicians aren't 100% consistent in their diagnosis of autism. That's because autism is diagnosed by using the DSM. You can take an x-
by Eisenstein 3y ago
> I would bet that even physicians aren't 100% consistent in their diagnosis of autism.
That's because autism is diagnosed by using the DSM. You can take an x-ray of an arm and see the fracture, but in order to diagnose autism you have to determine 'persistent deficits in social communication and social interaction across multiple contexts'.
It is all dependent on how society defines things, and is fluid (and IMO, somewhat dubious).
- tastyfreeze 3y agoThe whole DSM is dubious. Nothing more than a made up tool to pathologize normality and sell more drugs. https://youtu.be/6JPgpasgueQ?si=dn3muYeOe-cSSKM2 https://youtu.be/6JPgpasgueQ?si=dn3muYeOe-cSSKM2
- drewcoo 3y agoThe whole of abnormal psychology is predicated on the existence of the abnormal. There are subfields of psych that actually function as sciences, like cognitive psychology (not the same as cognitive therapy). There are also some that are far less scientific: looking at you, "evolutionary" psychology! It's a strange mess that propriety says no one should talk about openly.
- h0l0cube 3y agoThere’s no real drugs to “fix autism” though, but perhaps the DSM is a contrivance of “big psych”