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Title: New Edition of 'Manual of Disorders' Inspires Gender Identity Controversy
Post by: Natasha on December 19, 2008, 05:49:05 PM
Post by: Natasha on December 19, 2008, 05:49:05 PM
New Edition of 'Manual of Disorders' Inspires Gender Identity Controversy
http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=84877 (http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=84877)
Kilian Melloy
12/18/2008
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders is the go-to book on psychiatric problems. It's an indispensable resource for the mental health profession, and, for patients, insurance carriers, and the pharmaceuticals industry, the tome--popularly referred to as the DSM, now slated for a fifth edition, to be published several years from now--has a huge impact on who receives what sort of care, and who pays for it.
http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=84877 (http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=84877)
Kilian Melloy
12/18/2008
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders is the go-to book on psychiatric problems. It's an indispensable resource for the mental health profession, and, for patients, insurance carriers, and the pharmaceuticals industry, the tome--popularly referred to as the DSM, now slated for a fifth edition, to be published several years from now--has a huge impact on who receives what sort of care, and who pays for it.
Title: Re: New Edition of 'Manual of Disorders' Inspires Gender Identity Controversy
Post by: Randy on December 27, 2008, 09:55:21 PM
Post by: Randy on December 27, 2008, 09:55:21 PM
Gotta love that argument that listing ->-bleeped-<- as a mental disorder helps with insurance coverage.... exactly which mysterious insurance plan is always being alluded to? :icon_weirdface: