Geez, does this ever end? --- authfriend <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> --- In [email protected], Vaj > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > <snip> > > I was talking to a psychiatrist friend last night > and asked him > > about diagnoses of people you knew online for a > couple of years > > and if it would be possible to diagnose someone, > roughly, based > > on their interactions with others, their > responses, etc. He said > > not only would you be able to do so, it would be > very easy to do > > so. In fact he said the DSM was designed to allow > a relative > > novice to achieve a "high reliability at > diagnosis". > > Hm. But Peter finally admitted he didn't know > whether Richard was psychotic. Of course not, it was a joke from the git go. > In any case: > > Did you ask your psychiatrist friend whether it > would be OK to announce this at-a-distance diagnosis > to a group of the person's nonprofessional peers? I didn't make a diagnosis. Calling someone psychotic IS NOT A DIAGNOSIS. There is not a DSM diagnosis called "psychotic". Psychosis refers to a group of symptoms. > > Did you ask him whether it would be OK to *make up* > a diagnosis purely out of spite and announce it to > a group of the person's nonprofessional peers? Make-up a diagnosis ?????? Out of spite??? I have no spite towards Richard. Sure I think his posts are whacky at times but spite? Judy, you continue to cast me in some villainous role in your own psyche. The evil doctor who beats-up the poor unwashed on FFL. Watch out, I'll commit you. I have big bad ju-ju!! > > > > > To subscribe, send a message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Or go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > and click 'Join This Group!' > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Pinpoint customers who are looking for what you sell. http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/
