It discusses the path taken by psychiatry through diagnostic manuals up until now, with the Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) project, which seeks to achieve therapeutic excellence in psychiatry, by eliminating subjectivity. Four perspectives are presented to think about the diagnosis of psychiatric diseases: diseases that are described in the manuals of psychiatry and that have correspondence in patients in the clinical practice; disorders that are described in the manuals of psychiatry and that generated inaccurate diagnoses; the cultural syndromes and the psychic suffering that are structured subjectively and individually. It is concluded that a therapeutic approach should take into account the complex nature of psychic suffering, being more cautious and considering the individualization with respect to therapeutic approaches.
Keywords
Psychiatry; diagnosis; phenomenology; subjectivity