Posted by Cindy W on April 16, 2000, at 20:08:19
In reply to Re: DSM-IV HELP!!, posted by boB on April 16, 2000, at 18:56:41
> As a reporter, I am astounded that schools are having students diagnose dead people who can only be known by reading journalistic accounts of their lives. I sure as heck don't provide enough interviewing and testing for anyone to diagnose based on my stories, even though much of my work involves efforts to humanize and share personal insights about my subjects and sources.
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> If you insist on diagnosing Hughes, you should know that at least one of his biographers never met him and later admitted that his unauthorized biography was a hoax.
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> To the credit of your professor, at least you are not asked to practice on real people, who could be seriously disturbed by an unqualified diagnosis.i'm also amazed that you have to diagnose somebody you can't interview. i've read several books about Hughes (you have to realize some of these people never met him) and ocd or obsessive-compulsive disorder was a suggested diagnosis. substance dependence is coded on axis i. hope this helps!
poster:Cindy W
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