Posted by Shalom34Israel on December 1, 2004, at 21:21:38
In reply to So, Ed, do you have an opinion here?, posted by Racer on December 1, 2004, at 20:07:44
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> YOU may not find any solace in having a diagnostic code written after your name, but there are many people in this world who do find it a relief.I dont mind at all having a diagnostic code written after my name as long as it is accurate and correct. In fact, I WANT one. I want to be diagnosed correctly, with an individualized diagnosis. I want everything individualized. I dont like this "one size fits all" canned approach that psychiatry has.
The problem is that the DSM is way too generalized and not an accurate enough way to diagnose people and get it right the first time around. Being placed on the wrong class of psychiatry drug can tear a person's brain down faster than anything. Examples; a bipolar person initially misdiagnosed with unipolar major depression or anxiety and placed on an SSRI without a mood stabilizer. They go manic and end up hospitalized. That shouldnt happen...psychiatrists should be able to predict better what the reactions to their meds will be.
Psychiatry is fifty years behind the times and its time for it to be tossed out completely. It is a waste of time, money and has a bad name. It should be formally merged into Neurology and should cease to exist as a separate branch of medicine.
Shalom
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