5. Consider a criticism that was made against the study by the psychiatrists Robert Spitzer
and Seymour S. Kety who stated:
"If I were to drink a quart of blood and, concealing what I had done, come to the
emergency room of any hospital vomiting blood, the behavior of the staff would be
quite predictable. If they labeled and treated me as having a bleeding peptic ulcer, I
doubt that I could argue convincingly that medical science does not know how to
diagnose that condition."
How is this importantly different with psychological disorders/psychiatric illnesses like
schizophrenia compared to physical illnesses, and how might you respond to this criticism?
In your answer, consider how physical illnesses are diagnosed compared to psychological or
psychiatric diagnoses.
