tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2105609655817239699.post5796176007126503610..comments2023-10-20T07:51:45.504-04:00Comments on Prof. Wombat: second opinion: The DSM: Good For What Ails YouProfWombathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11251229209601018545noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2105609655817239699.post-6877598017786698342010-12-07T20:27:26.924-05:002010-12-07T20:27:26.924-05:00I'm ambivalent because i fully acknowledge the...I'm ambivalent because i fully acknowledge the gravity of the issues, the blighting of lives, while being wary of defining them as diseases to be treated, oft to the exclusion of viewing them in a social context needing more than pharmacological address. And, recalling how homosexuality was once called a disease here, and dissent called a disease in the Soviet Union, I wonder what a 22nd century take on our DSM will be.<br /><br />I don't divide psyche and soma all that much, and have no trouble with difficulties in either reflecting either or both. I do have trouble when people attribute, say, cancer recurrence to an insufficiently positive outlook.ProfWombathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11251229209601018545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2105609655817239699.post-7585384260878405332010-12-06T12:48:30.055-05:002010-12-06T12:48:30.055-05:00Narcissistic Personality should not have been &quo...Narcissistic Personality should not have been "downgraded." This personality has its roots in some very real pain that needs to be addressed. <br /><br />Yes, of course, it is always the mother's fault...Except when it is the father's, the teacher's, the priest's, the brother's, etc.<br /><br />Thank you for for your comments on the "hysteria" thing. Nomenclature is horrible, as the root word is from womb or some such. I do think that Freud was on to something with respect to "hysterical conversion"--ie, that psychic pain can manifest as somatic disorders. However, the "hysteria" term needs to be thrown out the window.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com