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Lets challenge psychiatric labelling |
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It would be great if you could take the time to sign this petition against psychiatric labelling here. Also please join the Inquiry into Schizophrenia here An excellent way to challenge the continued use of this unhelpful and misleading term.
Psychiatric diagnoses mystify people's problems. Instead we need to see each person as unique and understand their distress and confusion in the context of their lives and the social and emotional pressures they have faced. We need to have social psychological and cultural understandings given much more of a place in making sense with people about their difficulties. I think this refusal to categorise difficulties as fixed 'conditions' will lead to a more optimistic and compassionate approach. We need to continue to be curious about the unique meanings of people's psychological experiences and their ways of coping with stress.
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