Man are you serious? my point is that how does a psychiatric know that I have a bipolar disorder? Can he or she see that? can he or she meaure that? My doctor can see if I have cerebral tumor with an electroencephalogram, can a psychiatric do that?
Bonnie there are a lot of people who haven’t been helped.In fact,they are even worse.
It makes me angry. My brother committed suicide in a mental institution. All they did for him is pump in full of drugs and tell him he was crazy.
I’m so sorry CHRISTINE77.
Amen. there is no such thing as a hyperactive kid. All kids are excited…or should be…
Historically this is how it has been done, but new technology will make this trial and error method obsolete.
All sciences have developed with experiementation. Naturally it is more difficult to conduct such research on human subjects.
Just for the record, most of us did NOT agree to this. Yes, there are biological factors that predispose people, and we know that mental illness then causes brain changes. But there are many other factors as well, family, personal history, culture, prenatal exposure to substances, etc, etc. The most comprehensive model is a biopsychosocial model that takes all these things into account together.
That is easy. They use the International Compendium of clinical disorders. All the experts got together and picked out the diagnostic criteria, and whoever meets them gets a diagnosis.
yes, there are people that have not been helped, just like there are people that still die of many conditions or suffer all their lives.
My aunt did also. There are some mental health treatments that are less than adequate, for sure.
There are some kids who are bipolar, but I think it is very rare. I also think that there is gross overdiagnosis of “ADHD” and far too many kids on medication. What did teachers do in the classroom 50 years ago? they worked with the kids to keep them focused and make them succeed. Now, when a child is too “active” teachers, parents, counselors and doctors want to medicate them. It is tragic.
I think a lot of what is getting diagnosed as “hyperactive” is actually trauma.
It must be a science per the definition in Collins (American).Is psychiatry a fraud?
Good point Robert. Traditionally all medicine had a spiritual aspect to it. Now it is entirely scientific and secular. It is hard to put your faith in a “system”. The most we can hope for is that we will never be dragged into the medical system, unless we have broken bones or some easily cured infection or virus. Otherwise we are putting our lives into a very dubious and expensive system. A lot of healing has to do with faith. If you have no faith in the healer, it is not going to do much good.
What do you mean by “happy”?Psychiatry is as much of a science as cardiology is. It has helped me a lot. Before I was diagnosed, I was suicidal. I hated life. Now I am happy.
I agree and am happy to hear that you benefited from the services of mental health professionals. There’s a good reason why I donate money to the National Alliance on Mental Illness on a regular basis.Psychiatry is as much of a science as cardiology is. It has helped me a lot. Before I was diagnosed, I was suicidal. I hated life. Now I am happy.
There is quite an evidence base that shows behavior therapy is effective. But I disagree that everything in th emental health profession centers around “watered down behavioral therapy”. It is true that managed care companies demand evidence based treatments for reimbursements.
This is one area that Dialectical Behavior Therapy has gotten an edge. Dr. Linehan found a way to integrate mindfulness into evidence based treatment. It need to be done, and should be done. Prayer is healthy for the soul!
There is quite an evidence base thet shows people get better when someone is praying for them. You are right that much of the “soul” has been taken out of psychology. I don’t think people get better without faith. As Carl Jung said, every soul that is healed arrives at a religious perspective on life.
Seriously?
I have been under the care of 3 different psychiatrists in the last 6 years. Not one of those psychiatrists has focused in on sexuality as the cause or centre of anything. Nor have any of them focused on treating things with drugs unless things get to a point where there is no choice (I do have diagnoses other than the personality disorder unfortunately). I am only on the drugs for as long as necessary then I am taken off and we look at treating the root cause.
Behavioural therapy can be incredibly effective. Dialectical behavioural therapy is the only treatment for Borderline personality disorder and has been found to be very effective so long as the patient remains committed to the therapy. Much like chemo, if you drop out of treatment it won’t work.
What a great testimony Sheila. Thanks for sharing. Keep up the good work.
Absolutely. I was with my ex-girlfriend for 7 1/2 years and she was diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder, the most severe of the personality disorders. Dialectical Behavioural Therapy helped her tremendously, along with meds, but she had to stick with the program and work hard.