2007-01-01 05:01:36 · 3 answers · asked by katherine h 1 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
The doctor will apply a label, and then interpret everything the patient does or says in the light of that label. That's bad for the patient.
And if he tells the patient his diagnosis, that can be even worse. My Steve remembered being labeled "suicidal" when he was young, and protesting that he was not.
At the age of 47, he did commit suicide. Did the early "diagnosis" have a hand in that? We will never know, will we?
Too often a psychiatric diagnosis is in the nature of a self-fulfilling prophecy.
2007-01-01 05:05:06 · answer #1 · answered by auntb93again 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I honestly believe it is a crutch and an excuse for poor behavior. My son was diagnosed ADD in 3rd grade and if he would miss a dose of meds. then he would automatically reach for the excuse. An addition to his lack of effort, he was also labeled by the teachers and therefore wasn't given any help in new learning techniques. After a year I took him off the meds. since I did not see any improvements. He is now a sophomore in high school and has decided he is not going to make any excuses. For the first time in his academic career he has made the honor roll for the past two years. He even came to the conclusion it was laziness not ADD. So take it or leave it, but I think diagnostic labeling can be very detrimental to the achievement of a healthy mental outlook.
2007-01-01 05:17:23 · answer #2 · answered by stacey h 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
patient can develop a self fulfilling prophecy in reagrds to the label
patient has to deal with the negative social stigmas associated with having a clinical diagnosis
2007-01-01 05:06:22 · answer #3 · answered by Cruel Angel 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋