Psychiatric diagnoses are the map, not the territory. Many have overlapping symptoms, likely because the mechanisms are not all that well-understood.
I would not go so far as to say that the statement “$person has ADHD” is semantically null, but it conveys far less useful information than “$person is likely to benefit from Ritalin”.
Psychiatric diagnoses are the map, not the territory. Many have overlapping symptoms, likely because the mechanisms are not all that well-understood. I would not go so far as to say that the statement “$person has ADHD” is semantically null, but it conveys far less useful information than “$person is likely to benefit from Ritalin”.