With regard to the DSM, disorders are constantly being added to (e.g. Hoarding Disorder, Social Communication Disorder, Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder) and taken out of (e.g. homosexuality, sexual aversion disorder), and this is why it is continually updated. How can a manual that has included as disorders commonly recognized today as natural human variation (e.g. homosexuality) be trusted to present accurate disorders today? Do you think it can? Explain.
DSM is a diagnostic and statistical manual for disorders. It contains list of disorders and its diagnostic criteria.
Yes, DSM can be trusted to present accurate disorders today. This is because, scientists and researchers are continually striving to keep the manual updated. With the present research and technology, the information and results obtained has been documented for diagnosis. With the advancement in research and technology, the data in DSM may vary. We may identify something, which was never noticed or researched before. We may find some good reasoning for the disorder. This does not nullify, the information which we found before. New information is an addition or replacement to the old one. This logic is similar to the logic of medicines available today. Whatever medicines we have today, may not be the best. We may come up with better medicines in the future. This does not nullify, the work which the current medicines did.
With regard to the DSM, disorders are constantly being added to (e.g. Hoarding Disorder, Social Communication...
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