If anyone is interested in this topic, I'd highly recommend reading the Book of Woe [0]. Mental health diagnoses have been based on the DSM for nearly 75 years, however it's an extremely flawed book to say the least. The creation of each version has also been a very contentious and political process, leading to major influence from pharmaceutical companies and others with financial motives.
The problem with mental health diagnostics though is that there really is no good alternative yet, so for the foreseeable future we will be making huge, life altering decisions for people based on what is essentially a subjective judgement call.
The problem with mental health diagnostics though is that there really is no good alternative yet, so for the foreseeable future we will be making huge, life altering decisions for people based on what is essentially a subjective judgement call.
[0]https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/310517/the-book-of-...