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Why DSM-III, IV, and 5 are Unscientific (www.psychiatrictimes.com)

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None of the DSM editions had ever been scientific lmao.

"our understanding of the biology of mental disorders has been slow in coming."

There's no biology in mental disorders; none of them have objective phenomena and they are arbitrarily given and created.

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[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Mental illnesses are categorized based on observation of symptoms and trends, which can be measured and treated, even though we can't write an equation that fully explains how they came about.

It's like how you can troubleshoot problems on your computer without knowing how to write an OS or build a motherboard.