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Interestingly, this question is still on the table 50 years after psychiatry/psychology realized that diagnostic criteria were a central issue (hence the Diagno
by UhUhUhUh 12y ago
Interestingly, this question is still on the table 50 years after psychiatry/psychology realized that diagnostic criteria were a central issue (hence the Diagnostic Statistical Manual). Since all that is left once there is no genetic (in the wide sense) theory is a set of symptoms, there is a large number of ways in which to arrange such symptoms and therefore likely large variations among the categories thus defined. The vulnerability of a theory is being traded off for the certainty of a number or a range.
Nobody is going to be mad at you for giving such a ridiculously large number but you'll get blasted if your theory is wrong.
- tokenadult 12y agoYes, diagnosis of disorders that manifest mostly as behavioral differences is hard. But even if we had complete genome information for all human beings on planet Earth, we still might have trouble with individual diagnosis. That's because identical (monozygotic) twins are often discordant for many kinds of diseases and disorders, including autism.
- UhUhUhUh 12y agoI meant wide genetic i.e. about the origin/cause and not narrow genetic, i.e. about the genes. And yes about Dx, not even talking about epigenetic...