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I’m sceptical of research based on a single diagnostic label - such research assumes that the boundary between that specific diagnosis, other diagnoses, and no

I’m sceptical of research based on a single diagnostic label - such research assumes that the boundary between that specific diagnosis, other diagnoses, and no diagnosis, is valid - while (at least some) research which tests that assumption rather than making it, by including cohorts with other diagnoses and also no diagnosis, ends up challenging that assumption - e.g. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41398-019-0631-2 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41398-019-0631-2 - but if the challenge is correct, how much validity is there in research which relies on it?

kelseyfrog 2y ago
As you should be. When we go spelunking for evidence of differences we're engaging in the reinforcement of social categories. When evidence of differences is found it becomes the justification for the category's existence. If that seems backwards and circular in logic, then you would be correct. The same interplay exists between sex and gender and well as a host of other categories.