Undisclosed financial conflicts of interest in DSM-5 (2024)

Re:Undisclosed financial conflicts of interest in DSM-5 (2024) by ssivark on Tuesday August 26, 2025 @10:20PM (#45034773)

Doesn't that presume that human psychology (cognitive functioning) is uniform at a level that would obviate the need even for personalities and styles?

Our physiological system does have that uniformity across the population but our psychological system does not seem to. Isn't it then misguided to try characterizing small deviations when we don't even have a uniform "background" to subtract?

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Re:Undisclosed financial conflicts of interest in DSM-5 (2024) by Retric on Tuesday August 26, 2025 @11:23PM (#45035136)

I think you’re overlooking the difference between diversity and changes to an individual.

Some people can’t get stranded ankles because they don’t have legs, so you don’t necessarily need a universal baseline across all of humanity when diagnosing conditions. Someone who is still within normal ranges but significantly doing worse than they where can quite reasonably seek treatment.

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