Re: Monistic Perspective...
Greg Bail (cal4pooh@uclink4.berkeley.edu)
Thu, 19 Feb 1998 21:28:10 -0700
Jim Mancuso wrote....
>
> How can I disagree with you???
> Yes, we need to define ourselves, as psychoogists. I do not intend to =
do
>that by "bashing DSM." I said, several time, I invite the biology departme=
nts
>to take over the teaching of the DSM approach. They "have more power" than=
do
>the psychology departments. I am doing DSM afficianados a favor, aren't I?=
???
> Let's get on with the business of DEFINING OURSELVES. We should give u=
p
>trying to define ourselves by attaching our constructios to diagnostic
>narrative formulations.
>
Thanks, and wouldn¹t be nice if clinicians spent less time memorizing list=
s
of symptoms and more time learnining the_art_of therapy? I couldn¹t agree
with you more, but don¹t all the biologists spend as much time railing
against us ³soft scientists² to provr how ³hard² they are? I couldn=
¹t
agree with you more. Thanks to insurance companies, the DSM is become like
a necessary second language. Pretty soon, it may be pervasive...?
Cheers, Greg
Greg Bail, 2nd yr. MSW Student, UC Berkeley
gbail@usa.net, cal4pooh@uclink4.berkeley.edu
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It seems common sense is not all that common....
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