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		SiempreViernes 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: DSM Disorders Disappear in Statistical Clustering ... That's how all diagnosis starts, what did you expect?

moi2388 3 months ago [–]

Start. But in psychology, it’s the end of it.

With actual doctors, they will take blood work, perform tests to find the actual virus, bacteria or other cause.

They find the cause, not just a list of symptoms.

Psychology and psychiatry is only now starting to actually research causes.

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