Posted by violette on July 25, 2010, at 15:29:36
In reply to Re: Diagnosis Problems, posted by ed_uk2010 on July 25, 2010, at 14:42:02
Thanks, Phillipa, I had read that before too.
Ed, I had noticed the difference with OCD and OCPD as well. I know someone with OCD who has some of the traits of OCPD. I agree it's stigmatizing, which is one of the reasons those diagnises are not used as often. Personally I think they should get rid of the term PD and somehow combine the 2-but have no idea how that could be accomplished in a practical way.
Anyway, the conventional system just doesn't seem as useful to treatment outcomes as it could be. I had always been given diagnoses such as "generalized anxiety disorder" and "major depressive disorder" and fed meds for years...
Having a psychodynamically-thinking PDoc who doesn't use those diagnoses for treatment has been most helpful to my situation, and I no longer take antidepressants as a result.
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