Use a dimensional approach
Here's another way to think about it.
I don't believe in categories either and it is certainly possible to devise and use a dimensional approach to psychiatric diagnosis. For health insurance, you could use something like a pain scale and the person could rate her/his level of distress (1 for none, 10 for unbearable) and then there could be loci of distress (primary relationships, self-esteem, thought patterns). 

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Do we use the same classification system? »Do we use the same classification system?
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1. Do not use existing classification system. »1. Do not use existing classification system.
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Do we need labels at all? »Do we need labels at all?
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Yes: We need a new professional standard. »Yes: We need a new professional standard.
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Yes: because of the money. »Yes: because of the money.
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