"Do the meds work" isn't a good criterion for whether something is a disease because 1) many illnesses are untreatable, and 2) you can use drugs to stop non-disease behaviors and preferences easily (chemical castration of homosexuals).
"Do the meds work" isn't a good criterion for whether something is a disease because 1) many illnesses are untreatable, and 2) you can use drugs to stop non-disease behaviors and preferences easily (chemical castration of homosexuals).
Agreed, with the addition that may also be an indication that determining if something is a disease or not isn't that helpful (where I define helpful as "helps make the patient better of).
"Do the meds work" isn't a good criterion for whether something is a disease because 1) many illnesses are untreatable, and 2) you can use drugs to stop non-disease behaviors and preferences easily (chemical castration of homosexuals).
Agreed, with the addition that may also be an indication that determining if something is a disease or not isn't that helpful (where I define helpful as "helps make the patient better of).