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Who calls it the "psychiatric bible" other than well-biased Scientologists who want to replace it with their own "religious technology"?

derleth 13y ago
> Who calls it the "psychiatric bible" other than well-biased Scientologists who want to replace it with their own "religious technology"? A number of people, actually: http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2012/12/18/daily-circuit-dsm-changes http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2012/12/18/dail... http://healthworkscollective.com/michaeldouglas1/98946/government-institute-announces-distancing-psychiatric-bible http://healthworkscollective.com/michaeldouglas1/98946/gover... http://www.cbsnews.com/2100-204_162-6193716.html http://www.cbsnews.com/2100-204_162-6193716.html http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=dsm-5-update http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=dsm-5-updat... http://www.theglobeandmail.com/commentary/editorials/new-psychiatric-bible-expands-mental-disorders/article545750/ http://www.theglobeandmail.com/commentary/editorials/new-psy... http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/200906/the-psychiatric-bible-manual-manipulation http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/200906/the-psychiatr...
- illuminate 13y ago
  Thanks! Is that a pop usage, or do any professionals jokingly refer to it as such?
gruseom 13y ago
The critique of modern psychiatry has a long and intellectually serious tradition. Ironically, as your comment shows, the Scientologists have discredited it by association, at least with the ignorant.
- illuminate 13y ago
  I'm not saying it's "beyond critique".
raverbashing 13y ago
The dictionary that comes with Mac OS has this one definition for bible: (bible) informal, any authoritative book. So yes, it can be 'the bible', like the ICD can be called 'the bible of diseases' About the critique the article does, I have nothing to add.
DanBC 13y ago
"bible" is often used to mean "authoritative work". It has often been used for programming languages. "The C++ Bible", etc. Calling the DSM a "bible" just means it's the authoritative, definitive, work for many professionals.
- illuminate 13y ago
  Makes more sense.

derleth 13y ago

> Who calls it the "psychiatric bible" other than well-biased Scientologists who want to replace it with their own "religious technology"? A number of people, actually: http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2012/12/18/daily-circuit-dsm-changes http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2012/12/18/dail... http://healthworkscollective.com/michaeldouglas1/98946/government-institute-announces-distancing-psychiatric-bible http://healthworkscollective.com/michaeldouglas1/98946/gover... http://www.cbsnews.com/2100-204_162-6193716.html http://www.cbsnews.com/2100-204_162-6193716.html http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=dsm-5-update http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=dsm-5-updat... http://www.theglobeandmail.com/commentary/editorials/new-psychiatric-bible-expands-mental-disorders/article545750/ http://www.theglobeandmail.com/commentary/editorials/new-psy... http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/200906/the-psychiatric-bible-manual-manipulation http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/200906/the-psychiatr...

illuminate 13y ago
Thanks! Is that a pop usage, or do any professionals jokingly refer to it as such?

gruseom 13y ago

The critique of modern psychiatry has a long and intellectually serious tradition. Ironically, as your comment shows, the Scientologists have discredited it by association, at least with the ignorant.

illuminate 13y ago
I'm not saying it's "beyond critique".

raverbashing 13y ago

The dictionary that comes with Mac OS has this one definition for bible: (bible) informal, any authoritative book. So yes, it can be 'the bible', like the ICD can be called 'the bible of diseases' About the critique the article does, I have nothing to add.

DanBC 13y ago

"bible" is often used to mean "authoritative work". It has often been used for programming languages. "The C++ Bible", etc. Calling the DSM a "bible" just means it's the authoritative, definitive, work for many professionals.

illuminate 13y ago
Makes more sense.