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News This!!! 1000 times this!! - article on the difference of mental illness as a disease and a description.

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Thank you for sharing that. It is really important for people to grasp that concept. I love the comment at the end, that most who read the DSM never read:
"Nice someone understands what DSM is/what it isn't.
Mental disorders are constructs, not diseases. Descriptive, not explanatory.
Helpful in communication/treatment planning, but no claims re causality/homogeneity/clear boundaries.
We wrote this in DSM-IV Intro—no one read it." —Allen Francis, July 29
 
I've been saying this for a very long time. Sucks to see an entire industry run by folks who have fallen to the same logical fallacy/comprehension misconception. Then those of us who know better are vilified and given even MORE drugs to keep us in line with the groupthink! Frustrating....
 
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