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Old 01-06-2006, 01:18 PM
valkyrie valkyrie is offline
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Originally posted by AlphaFrog
THe DSM is a GUIDE. I doubt you'll find a psychiatrist that's not a quack that says: "According to the DSM VI, you don't meet the criteria, so there's nothing I can do to help you, you're fine, get out of my office." Even if someone's not a "textbook" case, if they are self-conscience about their body and throw up/take laxtives/etc...even a few times, there's probably some underlying problem there that needs to be addressed.
That's quite a leap -- to say you don't meet the criteria for bulemia, therefore I can't do anything to treat the problems you do have. WTF?
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