In my previous blog, I recounted some of the history behind the modern DSM. Today’s DSM-IV-TR is the diagnostic bible used by psychiatry and related professions. A psychiatrist in New Jersey who diagnoses a patient with bipolar II rapid-cycling and co-occurring panic attacks can be reasonably confident that a consulting psychiatrist in New York will understand exactly what he or she is talking about. So will any nurses, therapists, medical doctors, pharmacists, HMO executives, corporate HR...