Re: The man behind the DSM » badhaircut

Posted by Toph on December 29, 2004, at 21:29:14

In reply to The man behind the DSM, posted by badhaircut on December 27, 2004, at 14:43:32

If I recall correctly the first two versions of the DSM classified homosexuality as a mental disorder. Though neither a homosexual nor a clinician, I find this classification definitive proof of the unreliability of the pundits bend on classifying individual human beings. It reminds me of the Church's conviction of Galileo on a charge of heresy because of his belief that the Earth rotates round the sun. No doubt there is utility in classification, but not all beagles act like snoopy and not all bipolars respond to lithium.
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