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Tag Archives: diagnosis
all that stuff about symptoms and diagnoses…
All that stuff about symptoms and diagnoses it is interesting but it’s not that useful. All I need to know is my buddy [Jo] is having a hard time… and there are dozens, maybe hundreds of things I can do … Continue reading
Posted in Ideas, peer support, resilience
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how psychiatric diagnosis becomes “proof” of the “chemical imbalance” that causes psychiatric diagnosis
Psychiatric diagnosis is proof of the chemical imbalance that causes psychiatric diagnosis. Continue reading
Depression screening tests for children unreliable – d’oh!
Many people believe that the great myriad of mental disorders we can choose from must be diagnosed by some sciencey-seeming test – involving fabulous technology that peers right into the inner workings of our brain to find faulty circuits – … Continue reading
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Tagged checklist, diagnosis, steaming pile
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“schizophrenia” – an idea, not a thing
“Schizophrenia is a number of symptoms that have been put together to say that ‘this is an illness’.
And that’s an idea, not a thing.”
Dr Kwame McKenzie Continue reading
Posted in Ideas, Psychiatry, psychosis
Tagged diagnosis, MarsProject, schizophrenia, syndrome
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DSM5 – mad, bad, or just plain daft ?
Only days to go in the countdown to the publication of the worlds most expensive doorstop DSM5. If you really do need a doorstop try your local dollar store – mine has two for $1.29 and they work perfectly well. … Continue reading
how mad are you?
BBC Horizon’s version of the 21st century’s most popular parlour game …Guess My Diagnosis! Staged like a “reality” TV show, ten volunteers are whisked away to Hever castle in south of England, to participate in a series of “tests” supervised … Continue reading
a pschyiatrist’s double bind
A nice insight from Gilli Adler Nevo a psychiatrist who’s experienced it from both sides into living with the challenges and limitations of working as a psychiatrist – and how the system we have created defaults automatically to diagnosis/ medication. … Continue reading
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Tagged diagnosis, mental health, Psychiatrist, Psychotherapy, Toronto
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Disturbed minds or manuals?
From TVO’s The Agenda with Steve Paikin Part of series: Mental Health Matters This is an excellent panel conversation with: Dr Allen J Frances, Dr Donna Stewart , Dr Kwame McKenzie, and Historian Edward Shorter. the pool of normal has … Continue reading
Posted in Emancipate yourself..., my story, psychosis, what's going on?
Tagged diagnosis, DSM, hearing voices, mental health, schizophrenia, TVO
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