Evolution is the scientific foundation for diagnosis: psychiatry should use it.
Year: 2007
Type: article
Abstract: Psychiatry has struggled for centuries to get mental disorders recognized as diseases just like those in the rest of medicine. To pursue this goal, the DSM-IV and other new diagnostic systems define disorders based on the number, severity and duration of symptoms. The benefit is that two clinicians who examine the same patient will likely arrive at the same diagnosis. This seems scientific. At least we can measure something reliably! However, as Wakefield points out, such diagnostic systems only appear scientific. They offer no basis for deciding
Source: PubMed Central
Author: Randolph M Nesse
Institution: University of Michigan
Language: English
Topic: Mental Health and Psychiatry
Subfield: Philosophy
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W179431698