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From: rick@uwmacc.UUCP (the absurdist)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: Rape, Violence, and information concerning it.
Message-ID: <445@uwmacc.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 8-Nov-84 20:05:37 EST
Article-I.D.: uwmacc.445
Posted: Thu Nov  8 20:05:37 1984
Date-Received: Sat, 10-Nov-84 05:45:51 EST
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Reply-To: rick@maccunix.UUCP (Rick Keir)
Organization: UWisconsin-Madison Academic Comp Center
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Summary: 

[ Problem # 1000 :  No diagnosable mental disorder ]

In article <1631@ucf-cs.UUCP> hollis@ucf-cs.UUCP (William ) suggests 
looking at DSM II.  This is the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual,
Second Edition, used by Psychiatrists/ologists and most imporantly,
insurance companies, for the purpose of putting a number onto your
problem (so your shrink can get paid :-) ).  DSM II defines violence
as the #1 cause of rape (according to Hollis;  my copy of DSM II and
I parted ways several years ago).

I'm not trying to argue with this idea, but I'd like a better source
than DSM II (they are up to DSM III now, by the way).  
At one point in the history of this book, homosexuality was a disease.
Now it isn't.  DSM has a strong tendency to reflect contemporary
opinions rather than research findings.  

The idea (rape = violence) is probably right, but DSM I/II/III is a pretty
ludicrous authority to try and use.  I spent too much time studying the
ins and outs of psychiatric diagnosis, and like many of my fellow
students ended up feeling that the old Bob Newhart show summed 
it up best :  "Bob, it's all a crock."

		"Anyone who'd go to see a psychologist,
		 ought to have his head examined!"

-- 
Rick Keir -- MicroComputer Information Center, MACC
1210 West Dayton St/U Wisconsin Madison/Mad WI 53706

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