Posted by Caedmon on June 5, 2006, at 0:20:10
In reply to What does a diagnosis mean anyway?, posted by Jakeman on June 3, 2006, at 23:23:03
Psychiatry probably needs to have better methods of diagnosis and needs to verify the interrater reliability of those methods.
It is hard to do evidence-based practice if you can't define your terms. Diagnosis is important. You cannot ethically give people psychiatric drugs if you do not clearly know why you are doing so, or if there is an evidentiary basis for it. Just my opinion.
- Chris
poster:Caedmon
thread:652614
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20060604/msgs/653058.html