The criteria used by the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual are more valid (but not entirely valid, I'm afraid, even according to the professionals who use it every day). Like Murli's emphasis on the difference between states and traits, the DSM lists criteria for the various diagnoses and emphasizes both the number of criteria and their *persistence over time*.
Lay people often overlook the time element. On any given day, I could be diagnosed with half the disorders listed if we threw out the requirement of persistent symptoms! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=25081 ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
