You know what I hate? … Right now, I mean … I hate the stupidity of so many psychiatric diagnostic labels. At this moment I’m reading through a patient’s notes, and the wonderful epithet “Adjustment Disorder” pops up. Ick. Yuk. And Bleh also. So how is Adjustment Disorder defined? The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual...
I had an excellent discussion with a colleague this morning, wherein we both lamented the sad state of psychiatry and psychiatric diagnostic practice. One of the things I mentioned (and thought I’d throw on here today, in the spirit of Friday Filosophy being whatever sort of finking I want it to be) was about...
I was struck by something my registrar said the other day. We were discussing classification and relating some of the foolish categories in DSM to a particular patient’s situation she said: “there’s a diagnosis for that”. She was a bit puzzled when I laughed – not being aware of the Apple/iPhone/app store...
There’s a piece in New Scientist about the controversy surrounding the development of the DSM V – the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (5th edition). The article and an accompanying editorial make for very interesting reading. The DSM is one of the two major diagnostic manuals in use; the other is the ICD...
