Discussion Of Ptsd Diagnosis Discussion

[anthony]

but he's not big on labels.

Less and less therapists are, because labels don't solve the problem, and more are accepting that the diagnostic system has become big business versus accurate help towards mental health. The internet in part is the success behind where trauma is moving, with such ease of sharing and obtaining information. But even that... trauma is big business and experts are using the www as a means to get paid.

Don't get me wrong, there are complete and total nut cases out there preaching the DSM and ICD are just cash cows. There are religious organisations primarily behind this, using the zero evidence basis to substantiate their argument, yet their alternative (look to the lord and bible) is even more philosophical and un-evidenced than mental health. Believe in god apparently will fix your PTSD, according to some.

What I would say is quite an accurate piece on that subject though, is: http://www.marketplace.org/2013/05/17/health-care/how-much-dsm-5-worth

The counter though is... everyone needs to be paid and is looking for their income. People aren't on these boards for free. Education costs money, living costs money... money has to come from somewhere at some point, otherwise none of these things are done, period. You don't really have free access to Google -- you're the product. They gather information on you, they target you specifically based on your browsing habits -- they get paid from you using them, many just don't realise it.

The debate about all that is an issue within itself, no question about it. Right? Wrong? Who knows. Put yourself in a psychiatrists shoes who owes $500,000 in schooling fee's, let alone cost of living, married, kids... they need to earn money. Would you sit on a board who manage diagnoses for free? I wouldn't, not with such financial commitments around me.

 

[anthony]

I have no doubt about that, what so ever! LOL

What I mean though... is that many people assume versus ask. Because I regurgitate the expert consensus, people can confuse that as being my belief system. Which isn't factual. My opinions tend to come out more in articles or such I write, as they're more expressive outlets where I can share my opinion, my beliefs. When I answer someone in most discussions, that is more what I read and based on a consensus approach, not myself and not one or two so called experts or professionals.