Obsessively Yours

Exploring the social and cultural roots of personality and its disorders.

The New York Times on the DSM V

The New York Times today carried a story about the machinations and politics behind the DSM V, the diagnostic and statistical manual used by therapists and medical doctors to assign diagnoses to patients seeking treatment. Read More

a philosophical question for all of you

I got the Zeitgeist reference and while you may not have been referring to me or trying to offend me, you did, and in my defense I will ask you and the rest of PT the following question.

My question is if it's worse and perhaps neglectful, really, on the part of PT as a whole to allow abusive situations to go on unchecked..

Or is it worse to perhaps add to the obsessive worry of society as a whole by speaking in analogy to proactively have such situations resolved.

Respectfully,
YG

Sorry..

I realize how ridiculously hyper-sensitive I am. Sorry for the probably psychotic-sounding comment.. YG

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Lennard J. Davis is professor of disability studies, medical education, and English literature at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and the author of Obsession: A History.

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