And if you believe all that you read in DSMIV a socio-political text not a dictionary or an encyclopedia, then you certainly are deluded, and I hope that there is a cure somewhere through the deconstruction of such bizarre deferential notions. The true unknown is how the pysciatric proffession got away with writing that crap in the first place. Larry > > bollocks! I am quite aware of the psychiatric literature Madame, > to the point that I will quite confidentally state that your statement > is 100% false. There is such a "Good deal of evidence" that THE > authoritative publication of diagnostic criterion -- the DSM -- > continues to specify that ONLY SYMPTOMS should be the basis > on which so-called mental illness is determined. Do you homework > before you lecture me! I did a thorough investigation of all of the > DSM publications including the more recent DSM-IV-R and I can > tell you that in each of the Forwards to the publications, there is a > satement to the effect that: "the actual cause of the mental illness > is still unknown". They've been saying the same thing for over 50 > years! > > > You can JOIN or LEAVE the list from this web page. ________________End of message______________________ Archives and tools for the Disability-Research Discussion List are now located at: www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/disability-research.html You can JOIN or LEAVE the list from this web page.