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The REAL Issue With Diagnosing Mental Illness



The REAL Issue With Diagnosing Mental Illness

problem with diagnosis is like anyone can tick boxes but if you’re not combining it with a really sensible clinical interview from a pretty switched on practitioner and actually it should be more than one practitioner because I’ve seen a lot of misdiagnosis go on and also I’m not even blaming the practitioner is because I’ve seen people be diagnosed with autism and then they go for like further opinions there’ll be like three practitioners are like yes autism and then two practitioners are like absolutely not

This is the real problem with with diagnosing mental illness.

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  2. @Intenseabstractions on

    I am not entirely sure that all the people in the medical profession are to be trusted more than personal experience Dr Becky. You say we should give over everything to “experts” when it comes to knowing ourselves and what is best. I’m just not sure that is the best idea some times, some people for sure but not everyone. I feel like it’s folly to trust people who get to go home at the end of the day and their basis for moral behavior is and what is okay or right is a financial incentive :s

  4. @kurokami1000 on

    The problem is that doctors that aren't psychatrists get mixed up, family should get involved and they should ask how they expirineced the other person in order ro get a full picture from all sides. Treat symptoms, not an illness.

  5. @TheMerFree on

    There should be no mental health diagnoses without a SPECT brain scan (single photon emission computed tomography). An interview is insufficient on its own for proper diagnosis and treatment. It’s grossly irresponsible and unethical to medicate patients based on educated guesses. Empirical evidence is needed—look at brain activity levels.

  6. @Flexgod_ant on

    They called me schizophrenic for an action from 2018 but I got my own business with my name and nobody believes me. It’s so much of a let down to the ability of telling people that I got robbed cut raped even got hit with knock out needles all my life from family and random strangers.