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WenaChoro t1_jbwxmx6 wrote

Reply to comment by WKK417J in The philosophy of Beccaria is relevant to understand the current mental health crisis. The idealistic abstractions of the legal system are akin to the ones used in psychiatric discourse. by carrero33

Lets remember that forcing a diagnostic label in mental healt is firstly a requirement from the US insurance system

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OpenMindedShithead t1_jbxkvyt wrote

This is a fact. My girlfriend is going to school at northwestern to be a counselor and she said they only get paid if they diagnose a client. So basically if you see a counselor you’re gonna get diagnosed with something.

Idk, seems off to me.

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mrcsrnne t1_jc1hdro wrote

Perverse incentives. I wonder how much of worlds problems could be solved just by adjusting incentives a little bit…

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WKK417J t1_jbx04md wrote

Hi, I know. I'm so grateful for not being yoked to that system.

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WhittlingDan t1_jbytlmk wrote

There are categories called other than or not otherwise specified type which basically means we are calling it X but also labeling that you don't me the normal criteria for the diagnosis. I have some diagnosis like that. I tend to smile and get chatty when meeting people and I am also well spoken, polite and with good manners so I don't present as someone with chronic Major Depression amongst some other stuff. Its basically a combination of long time masking of my mood and how my anxiety presents itself. I smile a lot and get very talkative and "social" but its anxiety. I also isolate a lot so I get fairly lonely and when I am in a situation I have to interact with people all the above happens.

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WenaChoro t1_jbz8g8a wrote

yea but that NS categories are even more of a clinician thing, because its too easy to put everything into that "non specified" bag

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