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Re: good tool

Posted by notfred on May 16, 2006, at 9:15:02

In reply to good tool » Emily Elizabeth, posted by pseudoname on May 16, 2006, at 0:56:30


> You're right, a good tool can be used badly. But perhaps we disagree on these manuals being good tools at all. Telling someone she has a histrionic personality disorder could be done compassionately and with sensitivity — AND be unhelpful and invalid. If it does not in any significant way channel the treatment, what purpose does such a loaded, stigmatizing differential diagnosis perform, no matter how it is conveyed to the patient?


How does the DSM have any bearing on how a pdoc talks to patients ? It is a medical text, written in clinical style. It is not 1) for patients or 2) to be read to patients.
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> Or does it help? I guess I haven't seen that spelled out.
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> EE, would the DSM or the PDM help you as a clinician? Maybe I should try to see the issue from that angle.
>
> –PN


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