NEW YORK – The American Psychiatric Association’s recent proposed changes to its official diagnostic manual – the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (“DSM”), often called the “bible of psychiatry” – may discredit psychiatric diagnosis more than improve it. The DSM specifies the symptoms by which every mental disorder is diagnosed, in effect defining what is psychologically normal and abnormal in the United States – and, increasingly, for much of the rest of the world as well.
发自纽约——美国精神病学协会最近针对其官方诊断手册《精神障碍诊断与统计手册》（人称“精神病学圣经”）提出了修改意见，而这对精神病的诊断来说可能弊大于利。这本手册详细规定了所有精神障碍的诊断症状，并有效地定义了心理正常和不正常之间的区别，且手册不但通行于美国，更影响到全世界大部分地区。