Posted by ace on July 26, 2010, at 1:44:35
In reply to Diagnosis Problems, posted by violette on July 25, 2010, at 14:08:02
I give only a small amount of credence to the psychiatric diagnostic system. It is much better to see a person as a totality, rather than put their symptoms into these holes.
These diagnosis, ultimately, from a rigid scientific perspective, mean absolutely nothing.
Treatment in psychiatric is non-specific and very much a 'hit or miss' affair.
It reminds me of the time I started getting obsessed that I did not have OCD, which became a huge problem....i.e. all therapy aimed at my 'OCD' was fruitless as I obsessively doubted that I truly had the diagnosis.
So now I see a person as having a psychiatric problem which is peculiar to THEMSELVES, although certain characteristics maybe shared with other people who are suffering similiar problems.I don't like all these labels, although they are somewhat necessary.
I fear I may have contradicted myself somewhere here!
God Bless You!
Ace
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