Posted by pullmarine on October 26, 2000, at 19:59:01
In reply to labels, posted by allisonm on October 24, 2000, at 21:52:56
There are serious debates among MHCP about the labels that shrinks use, and the dangers of labelling people: for one, the labels and list of symptoms have no scientific basis (see They Say You're Crazy by caplan). Furthermore, there are many shrinks who consider labeling dangerous, because patients tend to hold on to these arbitrary construct, and center their lives around them, define themselves. It becomes almost a definition of whom they are. Most people, in my experience are far more than labels. Male, female, gay, black, jewish , depressive, schizoid, or whatever, says nothing about a person, their feeling, their history, intelligense, sensitivity, or anything else. If i were you, i'd fire him and get a shrink who is very critical od DSMIV and labelling.
JOHN
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