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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) reply

What do you mean? Lova Falk talk 10:38, 26 September 2012 (UTC) reply

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) reply

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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) reply