Posted by Christ_empowered on July 25, 2010, at 15:55:35
In reply to Re: Diagnosis Problems, posted by violette on July 25, 2010, at 15:29:36
Diagnosis is odd. Mental illnesses (and personality disorders) are literally voted into and out of existence. Think about it...do we do that with other health problems? Could a committee vote out lung cancer, for instance? I don't entirely agree with "The Myth of Mental Illness" anymore, but I do see some Dr.Szasz's points.
I've been diagnosed with both Axis I and II. The difference for me was in how the diagnosing shrink viewed me and my problems. When I had a shrink who wanted to dismiss me entirely, it was a personality disorder. When I had a shrink who thought I was too weird and disordered to possibly be a functioning human being, it was schizophrenia. When I had a shrink who viewed me as a person with problems, it was a variant of Bipolar I.
The problem isn't just the diagnoses; sometimes the problem is the therapeutic relationship and the person doing the diagnosing.
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