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Date: 03 May 2000
Time: 16:05:35
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It is true you can make check lists but befoire making diagnosis, one must see how many different disorders have the same symptoms. Classic cases according to the DSM III before Chronic Pain disorder had few overlaps that made sense so it was appear dead on, now, Chronic Pain Syndrome and Borderline are almost identical, the differences are the ability to bond, a sense of responsibility that is rational, and the perseverence to find the real answer not accepting being a throw away person. Chronic Pain Syndrome also mimics Football Player Syndrome. Many abused children have Chronic Pain Syndrome because before their bones were completely done growing they are damaged by being beaten, similiarly to the pounding a football player takes throughout one's career. Symptoms are only guidelines, and without true observation and time to really know the client, no diagnosis is truly valid. This is why I feel so sarcastic when people say things like O.J. Simpson committed the crime and forgot because of this disorder or that. Lenore Walker says he is nothing worse than Impulsive, and has a rare form of dyslexia. Not Chronic Wife Beater character. The other mental health guy said the same or similar, both spoke to him and did testing. As much as I feel dislike for Mark Furhman, I, although just a layman, would make a guess as I did, but never say there is no doubt he is anything but what his own words of Racial and Gender Bias tell me. I am not defending him, just the rights of an individual. The field of Mental health is changing greatly. In some ways to the detriment of many. The idea of being a throw away person evolved. This is my reason for not accepting any diagnosis from anyone who has not truly gone through a traditional diagnostic process.