diagnosis – A New Vision for Mental Health

ADHD Tests Lead to Mass Overdiagnosis, Researchers Warn

Author: Editorial 20th December 2023 0 Comments

This article by Peter Simons has been published by Mad in America. It begins: “ADHD rating scales and screening measures lead to a high number of people inappropriately diagnosed with ADHD, according to a study in the Journal of Attention Disorders. Specifically, the…
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ADHD, Allyson G. Harrison, Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, diagnosis, Journal of Attention Disorders, Mad in America, Melanie J. Edwards, Peter Simons

Overdiagnosis in Psychiatry: How Modern Psychiatry Lost Its Way While Creating a Diagnosis for Almost All of Life’s Misfortunes

Author: Editorial 14th December 2023 0 Comments

This book comes from Joel Paris. The publishers say: “Dr. Joel Paris’s Overdiagnosis in Psychiatry takes a much-needed look at the dangerous epidemic of unnecessary or incorrect treatments. The last 30 years of psychiatry have seen the development of a system of classification…
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books, diagnosis, Diagnostic & Statistical Manual (DSM), joel paris, psychiatry

A cure to all mental illnesses?

Author: Editorial 13th January 2023 0 Comments

“In one study in Canada, ‘misdiagnosis’”’ of psychiatric labels was found to be 65.9% for major depressive disorder, 92.7% for bipolar disorder, 85.8% for panic disorder, 71.0% for generalized anxiety disorder, and 97.8% for social anxiety disorder.” This article by Mikaela…
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diagnosis, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) of Mental Disorders, Essentia Foundation, Jhean Paul Varela Carrero, Mikaela Marinis

Diagnosis as Self-Understanding & Self-Alienation: what you need to know about your diagnosis

Author: Editorial 30th November 2022 0 Comments

This article by Dr. Awais Aftab has been published on his Psychiatry at the Margins website. Although it’s very much open to question as to what extent the views expressed actually inform mainstream psychiatric practice, the article is nonetheless well worth…
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Awais Aftab, diagnosis, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) of Mental Disorders, diagnostic labelling, Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP), Nancy McWilliams, psychiatry, Psychiatry at the Margins

The big idea: Is it your personality, or a disorder?

Author: Editorial 3rd November 2021 0 Comments

“Psychological diagnoses offer an easy way in to understanding character – but our habit of using them comes at a cost” This article by Lucy Foulkes has been published in The Guardian. It begins: “It takes around 30 seconds to diagnose…
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diagnosis, disorder, Lucy Foulkes, personality, The Guardian

Do we really need the diagnostic model of distress?

Author: Editorial 26th March 2021 0 Comments

This ASC It! podcast and video – from the ASC Wellbeing Clinic – features a conversation with Dr Lucy Johnstone (Clinical Psychologist):

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ASC Wellbeing Clinic, audio, diagnosis, diagnostic labelling, diagnostic model of distress, Lucy Johnstone, videos

Mainstream mental health services are a disaster

Author: Editorial 9th September 2020 0 Comments

“They are a ‘busted flush’, long past their sell-by date, says consultant psychiatrist, Dr Sami Timimi.” In an article on the uncancelled website, Sami Timimi writes: “Hardly a week goes by without another headline about the epidemic of mental health problems…
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Culture & Society, depression, diagnosis, diagnostic labelling, Sami Timimi, uncancelled

“Diagnostic Dissent”: Experiences of Individuals Who Disagreed With Their Diagnosis

Author: Editorial 25th June 2020 0 Comments

“Researchers investigate the first-person experiences of people who disagreed with their psychiatric diagnosis of psychosis.“ This article has been written by Zenobia Morrill and published (2018) on Mad in America. It begins: “Faith Forgione, a student at Fordham University, NY, recently…
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diagnosis, diagnostic labelling, Faith Forgione, Mad in America, psychiatry, psychosis, Research, Zenobia Morrill

Young, British and Depressed

Author: Editorial 4th November 2019 0 Comments

In July of this year (2019) a TV broadcast titled “Young, British and Depressed” was screened on Channel 4 in the UK. It was produced by Dispatches, an investigative current affairs programme. In the broadcast, reporter Sanah Ahsan explores Britain’s youth depression crisis, to…
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anxiety, Channel 4, children and adolescents, depression, diagnosis, Eleanor Morgan, medical model, overdiagnosis, Sanah Ahsan, The Guardian, TV

The diagnosis question

Author: Editorial 1st November 2019 0 Comments

In this article for Prospect Magazine, Eleanor Morgan writes: “Increasingly, mental health problems are labelled as an illness like any other. But can a focus on diagnoses, rather than experiences, harm as well as help? What is mental health? Despite the…
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diagnosis, Eleanor Morgan, labels, pathologisation, Prospect Magazine, psychiatric diagnoses, psychiatry