Psychiatrists plan to overhaul the mental health bible—and change how we define ‘disorder’

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/psychiatrists-plan-to-overhaul-the-mental-health-bible-and-change-how-we/

The American Psychiatric Association has announced big upcoming changes to psychiatry’s big book of mental disorders, the DSM

https://archive.ph/xkCLz

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recently_Coco@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 13 pts · 224d

I like the idea of having scaling types of specificity for different diagnoses. Being able to diagnose a vague and broad range to be specified later will be helpful for mental health triage and emergency services.

However, the biomarkers inclusion feels very much bordering eugenics. The article points out that its inclusion is controversial, but doesn't mention the word "eugenic" at all.