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Re:Undisclosed financial conflicts of interest in DSM-5 (2024) by cyanydeez on Tuesday August 26, 2025 @06:46PM (#45033285)
unfortunately, what seems to be driving modern disorder diagnosis is what gets issurance to pay. That's why autism is now a spectrum.
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Re:Undisclosed financial conflicts of interest in DSM-5 (2024) by eddythompson80 on Tuesday August 26, 2025 @07:10PM (#45033458)
It’s the other way around AFAIK. Insurance pays for what’s categorized as a disorder by the DSM. Or did I misunderstand your statement?
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Re:Undisclosed financial conflicts of interest in DSM-5 (2024) by sophacles on Tuesday August 26, 2025 @07:40PM (#45033707)
And atoms used to be the smallest division of matter. Then we learned about smaller things.

Understanding changes as we do more research into a thing.

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Re:Undisclosed financial conflicts of interest in DSM-5 (2024) by cyanydeez on Wednesday August 27, 2025 @07:04PM (#45046382)
No. This is lumping, not splitting

Im not arguing people diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder shouldnt get benefits.

Its that the spectrum isnt as related enough that insividual disorders would make more sense. But that would require getting the health insurance industry to do more adjustments.

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