> They are supposed to represent a pathology, essentially The diagnosis in the DCM are built very strangely. They are basically cluster of symptoms which are s

> They are supposed to represent a pathology, essentially The diagnosis in the DCM are built very strangely. They are basically cluster of symptoms which are statistically seen to occur together in reports (which are necessarily self report the field being psychology). It does for a somewhat arbitrary definition of what is a pathology. The DSM has a disproportionate impact on what is and isn’t covered by insurance in the US but isn’t overall a very good tool to decide what treatment is the best and I don’t think doctors base their recommendation on what people check or don’t check in the DSM. > like most diseases really Psychology is fairly unique in medicine in that we have very little idea of what’s the actual root cause of people mental disorders.