Bessel van der Kolk Quotes
The foreword to the landmark 1980 DSM-III was appropriately modest and acknowledged that this diagnostic system was imprecise—so imprecise that it never should be used for forensic or insurance purposes.
As we will see, that modesty was tragically short-lived.
Bessel van der Kolk
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Adolf Hitler
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Gayl Jones
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Lord Byron
I formed, in early life, two purposes to which I have inflexibly adhered, under some very strong pressure from warm personal friends. They were, first, never to be a second in a duel; and, second, never to go security for another man's debts.
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II
The foreword to the landmark 1980 DSM-III was appropriately modest and acknowledged that this diagnostic system was imprecise—so imprecise that it never should be used for forensic or insurance purposes.
As we will see, that modesty was tragically short-lived.
Bessel van der Kolk