(May 12, 2013 at 11:31 am)Rhythm Wrote: Being that a disorder is described as such when it interferes with the normal business of living ones life (within a reasonable range of parameters) and generally treated when it demonstrably -does- interfere....I'd say that there are concrete and reliable metrics for judging both the efficacy and accuracy of any given psychiatric treatment option based upon the problem identified and proximity to an acceptable solution for the same- after treatment.
Which, conveniently, is pretty much how it's done. Where evil enters in would be a mystery. I suppose that -like any tool- one could "use it for evil" if one were so inclined. Would say more about the practitioner than the practice though, wouldn't it?
Which parameters are these? Based on conservative social norms, which people who claim to study human conduct don't realise their lesser applicability?
