I'd be waryu of the DSM. I've been to some very dark places myself, heck my mother's spent most of her life in and out of psych hospitals. But the DSM an incredibly flawed system, that seeks to mechanisticly catagorise, and frankly, dehumanise human behaviour. It may be a useful tool for doctors in some scenarios, but beyond that such notions as Shell mentioned of the "OCD spectrum" or "Depression Spectrum", may have some use for clinical research but are very kafkaesque in their application to individuals. The DSM V is only maknig this problem worse by including such diagnosies as "Hypersexual Disorder" and "Binge Eating".
Of course over here we have the ICD, which isn't quite as bad, but sufferes from some of the same problems.
Good article: http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and...ction.html
Of course over here we have the ICD, which isn't quite as bad, but sufferes from some of the same problems.
Good article: http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and...ction.html
"It is not as a child that I believe and confess Jesus Christ. My hosanna is born of a furnace of doubt." ~ Fyodor Dostoyevsky
