Nicole Rust on Nostr: Is the DSM (manual for psychiatry) equivalent to the Farmer's almanac? Provocative ...
Is the DSM (manual for psychiatry) equivalent to the Farmer's almanac?
Provocative idea
According to the NWS, it takes in 192,000 observations from surface stations, 2,700 from ships, 18,000 from weather buoys, 115,000 from aircraft, 250,000 from balloons, and 140 million from satellites. This doesn’t include information incorporated from other international networks. The data are then updated (remember weather and climate are CASs and therefore always changing) at least every hour.
Compared to meteorologists, the relatively meager data available to clinicians about the individual and the disorders they are faced with is sadly lacking. Evan Collins quipped, “This begs the question, is the DSM akin to computer modeling or The Farmer’s Almanac”
https://doi.org/10.1093/med/9780197509326.003.0002
Provocative idea
According to the NWS, it takes in 192,000 observations from surface stations, 2,700 from ships, 18,000 from weather buoys, 115,000 from aircraft, 250,000 from balloons, and 140 million from satellites. This doesn’t include information incorporated from other international networks. The data are then updated (remember weather and climate are CASs and therefore always changing) at least every hour.
Compared to meteorologists, the relatively meager data available to clinicians about the individual and the disorders they are faced with is sadly lacking. Evan Collins quipped, “This begs the question, is the DSM akin to computer modeling or The Farmer’s Almanac”
https://doi.org/10.1093/med/9780197509326.003.0002