The issue I have with this is that eventually every disease and diagnosis will have an accompanying check list. This is an over simplification of a process that

The issue I have with this is that eventually every disease and diagnosis will have an accompanying check list. This is an over simplification of a process that requires professional opinion and deep knowledge within a specific domain. Psychiatry is an great example of how using checklists can cause a disease or disorder to be over diagnosed. Depression, ADD, ADHD, Social Phobia (branded as Social Anxiety) all have checklists and all three disorders are over diagnosed. Psychiatry also happens to be a great example of how Big Pharma gets their greedy hands involved in creating these checklists. In some cases the checklist come from Big Pharma themselves. Talk about a conflict of interest. Doctors are paid to think, apply their knowledge, consult with each other. They are not paid to check boxes on checklists and toss around diagnosis. Edit: Typo