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Background - The DSM-5 is the gold standard for mental health professionals to use for diagnosing disorders.

Allen Frances is a former chair of the American Psychiatric Association. He helped co-author the DSM-5.

This is a direct quote - “It seems clear to me that pragmatic concerns for patient welfare always trump ‘science,’ especially since the ‘science underpinning psychiatric diagnosis is so thin and subject to alternative interpretations”

https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/why-dsm-iii-iv-and-5-are-unscientific

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/dsm5-in-distress/201012/dsm-5-and-practical-consequences

People go around thinking they have “X” disorder as if it is some biological fact. When in reality nothing can be further from the truth.

There’s so much variance - is a team going to score 1 run or 10? A team could score twice in the 1st then never again the entire game.

In the NBA you know the score is gonna be around 90-120 imagine if it was 90 or 900 instead? That’s the MLB.

Basketball is about a ball going through a hoop. Baseball is about a small ball going across an entire field- there’s a lot more chaos.

What’s a good strategy?