Talk:Classification of mental disorders

Criticism
The criticism about the DSM is with the DSM — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.91.10.232 (talk) 22:31, 25 September 2012 (UTC)
 * What do you mean?  Lova Falk     talk   10:38, 26 September 2012 (UTC)

Inter-rater reliability
A large part of the criticism section concerns the reliability of diagnoses. Are categories accurate and are we able to categorize patients properly?

The criticism mentions several critics, but it's hard to form a global opinion without numbers. It would be interesting to have studies on the reliability of diagnoses of specific disorders, for example ADHD or schizophrenia. While that would be much harder or more misleading, a global score would be great (for example, for any 100 mental disorder diagnoses in Europe, 20 are bogus). --Chealer (talk) 18:35, 25 December 2014 (UTC)

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Significant Scientific Debate & Significant Controversy?
The following two claims are made in the lead section of this article:
 * There is a significant scientific debate about the relative validity of a "categorical" versus a "dimensional" approach to classification, as well as significant controversy about the role of science and values in classification schemes and the professional, legal and social uses to which they are put.

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In accordance with the above, I hereby make the following arguments: 2601:240:4600:F870:21BA:4448:D376:1835 (talk) 01:45, 7 February 2020 (UTC)
 * 1) Both uses of the word "significant" are unsupported attributions. Even verifiable existence of scientific debate or controversy does not automatically mean either are significant, and making claims regarding their significance without attribution is editorializing.
 * 2) Prominent adherents of the claims have not been named in order to demonstrate the viewpoints are held by a significant minority. Unless prominent adherents can be verifiably named, these views should not be included in this article.

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paradondoblis — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2003:E0:8F08:2593:E80F:2CB7:52F1:5B1B (talk) 09:05, 20 August 2020 (UTC)