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staticman2today at 6:16 PM1 replyview on HN

The diagnostic criteria isn't based on whether the condition is treatable.

For example, nobody who is diagnosed with autism is proclaimed "not autistic" if they find therapy to be unhelpful.


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bluGilltoday at 8:41 PM

Yes, but the whole point of diagnosis is we have treatments for those things that usually [sometimes] work and so we need to diagnosis people because that is the first step in getting them treatment.