It would be a complete paradigm change. There's a lot of clinical other than doctors who work in mental health. A change to diagnoses on a continuum would require a long transition period and considerable costs in implementation. Nevertheless, given the evidence for this model, it seems to be...
Psychiatry has a long way to come, but it is still not as a stage where conditions can be categorised based on objective tests rather than the interpretation of symptoms. I applaud the NIMH for taking this step, hopefully it will stimulate more research in this field. We are becoming more aware...
You are a master of the straw-man argument Simon. I'll address some of the flaws in your argument in order of their appearance.
"Yes but none of them are this paper." How would you know? You have not read the paper. Surely one should appraise the entirely of a work before coming to a...
Dysphagia is not a condition but a symptom of a variety of conditions. If you have true dysphagia, there are a variety of tests that can be indicated including barium swallow, endoscopy and oesophageal manometry (I'm Australian, hence the o)
Omeprazole (Prilosec) can cause some rebound acid...
Simon, there is both pathophysiological and epidemiological studies implicating the role of meat in cardiovascular disease and cancer.
There was a meta-analysis of seven cohort studies published in the Annals of Nutrition & Metabolism (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22677895) which...