Posted by Eddie Sylvano on August 26, 2003, at 15:15:44
In reply to Re: A poll for everyone... out of curiosity. » Ame Sans Vie, posted by galkeepinon on August 26, 2003, at 14:47:36
Gotta be symtpoms. It's a bit of hubris on the part of the psychiatric community to think that the diverse range of states evinced by a faulty brain can be neatly categorized into domains and subtypes. To their credit, I see psychiatrists using the labels more as a means of communication about areas of concern than as an origin for prescription. It's probably the public that gets more hung up on being labeled.
Labeling in general is something that we as people do to give ourselves a sense of control and understanding. This mentality can be useful (electricity/reptiles/syphilis) or merely hopeful (Irritable Bowel syndrome/God/gravity). Still, it's in this spirit that we as a whole have been able to advance knowledge by simplfying communication.
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