Posted by SLS on April 24, 2012, at 9:31:22
In reply to Re: Occupy the APA » Phillipa, posted by zazenducke on April 24, 2012, at 8:54:11
> > Not really just makes it easier to get payments for treatment rendered.
I am genuinely clueless.
> An analysis both brilliant and concise.
I disagree with you. Boy, that was easy to say.
We are only reading an abstract, of course. But since you find the abstract brilliant, perhaps I should include at least one point of disagreement.
This "critical analysis" is nothing more than a "discourse". It is an unsubstantiated rhetorical commentary on sociology, and proves nothing. It does not address how the DSM came to be and the statistical nature of how diagnoses were arrived at. I believe you defined the word "normal" as being the lack of a DSM diagnosis. I would use the word "healthy" instead. "Normal" is a statistical term, after all. Still, I would like to know where in the DSM the word "normal" is used in context.
What is "normal" anyway?
Everyone is unique. I would not wish upon anyone conformity to a psychosocial prescription. However, I do wish for everyone good health.
- ScottSome see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.- George Bernard Shaw
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