diagnostic labelling – A New Vision for Mental Health

Is Psychiatry Working?

Author: Editorial 24th February 2023 0 Comments

This series of 30 minute podcasts from BBC Radio 4 has six episodes: Crisis : Writer Horatio Clare and psychiatrist Femi Oyebode discuss psychiatric crisis care with patients and clinicians. Detention : How do we treat people, often against their will, under…
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audio, BBC, BBC Radio 4, coercive psychiatry, diagnostic labelling, involuntary detention, psychiatry, psychotherapy

How “Mental Disorders” are Diagnosed

Author: Editorial 9th January 2023 0 Comments

Published by the Inner Compass Initiative, this article “examines how diagnoses of ‘mental disorders’ differ from medical diagnoses, and reviews the reliability of mental health screening tests and other clinical methods for diagnosing mental disorders.” It begins: “Are there biological tests…
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diagnostic labelling, Inner Compass Initiative, mental health screening tests, psychiatry

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

Doctor knows best, poisoned chalices, and beings on drugs: Young people’s accounts of getting the diagnosis of bipolar disorder

Author: Editorial 21st November 2022 0 Comments

This account by JP Marshall of part of a research study has been published by Mad in the UK. It begins: “Not long ago, as part of a research study, I asked six young people how it was for them to…
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antidepressants, biomedical model, bipolar, diagnostic labelling, JP Marshall, Mad in the UK, pharmaceutical industry, psychiatry

ADHD Diagnosis Leads to Worse Quality of Life, Increased Self-Harm in Kids

Author: Editorial 26th October 2022 0 Comments

“When comparing kids with the same symptoms who were either diagnosed with ADHD or not, those who received the diagnosis had worse outcomes.” This report by Peter Simmons has been published by Mad in America. It begins: “In a new study,…
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ADHD, children and adolescents, diagnostic labelling, JAMA Network Open, Longitudinal Study of Australian Children, Luise Kazda, Mad in America, Peter Simmons, quality of life, self-harm

Studying Mental Health Problems as Systems, Not Syndromes

Author: Editorial 19th October 2022 0 Comments

This article by Eiko I. Fried has been published in Sage Journals. The abstract says: “Despite decades of clinical, sociopolitical, and research efforts, progress in understanding and treating mental health problems remains disappointing. I discuss two barriers that have contributed to…
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complexity science, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) of Mental Disorders, diagnostic labelling, DSM, Eiko Fried, history of psychiatry, reductionism, Sage Journals, syndromes, system thinking

Confusing the Diagnosis for the Person

Author: Editorial 5th October 2022 0 Comments

This article by John J. Miller has been published in the Psychiatric Times. It begins: “Imagine practicing medicine before the advent of antibiotics, vaccines, MRI scanners, and laboratory tests. Actually, relative to the history of human civilization, that was not all…
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diagnostic labelling, John J. Miller, person-centred, Psychiatric Times, psychopharmacology

Children are wrongly diagnosed with ADHD if they fall behind at school, warns neurologist

Author: Editorial 2nd June 2022 0 Comments

This report by Anita Singh has been published in the Daily Telegraph. It begins: “Children are being wrongly diagnosed with ADHD when they are just falling behind, according to a leading neurologist, who said the medical profession was too quick to label people….
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ADHD, Anita Singh, autism, Daily Telegraph, depression, diagnostic labelling, Education, Suzanne O’Sullivan

Education for critical practice in mental health

Author: Editorial 9th May 2022 0 Comments

This article by Lydia Sapouna has been published in the journal Critical and Radical Social Work. The article summary says: “This article discusses an approach to mental health education that aims to prepare students to become critical practitioners with the vision…
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Critical and Radical Social Work, critical practice, diagnostic labelling, identity, Lydia Sapouna, mental health training, power, psychiatry, service users, social work education

Investigation into Alternatives to Psychiatric Diagnosis

Author: Editorial 7th March 2022 0 Comments

This doctoral thesis comes from Jade Varney and has been published on the website of Canterbury Christ Church University. It includes: A review of alternatives to psychiatric diagnosis: “The first part of the review explored what the literature suggests should be…
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Classification and Statistical Manual of Mental Health Concerns, diagnostic labelling, ICD-11, Jade Varney, Listing problems, Partners for Change Outcome Management System (PCOMS), Power Threat Meaning Framework, psychiatry, Psychological Formulation