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Mental Health Secrets:
There are mental health
secrets that everyone should know, including how to prevent misdiagnosing.
Since money is, the issue and insurance companies play a role in treatment
a patient will often receive a series of diagnoses that conform to
the standards laid out in health care coverage.
This is only one area
of problems in mental health. The DMS guide copyrighted by APA, who
brilliantly stated that the manual was a guide to mental health, instead
of claiming that the book was factual is another area of concern.
Therapists often base their diagnoses on the codes listed in this
manual. If the symptoms match the patients then this is what the patient
gets. Another area of problem is when a patient receives a diagnose
he or she is ‘labeled,’ which brings forth additional
problems.
Another area may sound
ludicrous since we have so-called professionals in the field, but
just like individuals in the world that are caught in a practice of
interest for a short time and twisted with an exaggerated zeal, (craze-fad),
professionals when they find a diagnose of interest that are overzealous
burning their wheels to produce more material on the subject. Ever
heard the saying, beating words down? Well, professionals in mental
health will often beat down diagnoses. While one of the issues in
mental health revolves around labeling, I have to disagree, since
I feel the real problem stands between acceptances. If a person has
a disorder, disease of the mind, or a chemical imbalance, then accepting
is the first step in recovery.
Some of the most helped
people in the world attend alcoholic classes and the first thing they
recognize is the problem, which allows them to move forward. There
is not a person in his or her right frame of mind wants to understand
that they have a series of symptoms and no reason behind it. It is
ok to say I am a paranoid schizophrenia working toward recovery. It
is not ok to say I am a misfit in society and cannot understand why
I was chosen for torture. As you can see, we have a bunch of professionals
contributing to the problem, since they are thinking they know what
is best for the patients.
Anyone that is suffering
knows more than any professional does, since they are the ones living
through the problems. The patients can tell you better than any counselor
with a piece of paper and no experience what they survive. Another
area of problem is many professionals are from different countries
and they understand diagnoses one way or in another term, while the
American Psychiatrist Society relates in other terms. Professionals
also believe that patients will avoid the issues, and/or bury the
real problems beneath.
This is not always
true, since the patient is there in the first place asking help to
understand his or her disability. If they knew the answers, they would
not be there in the first place. For example, Nikki goes to counseling
explaining her many symptoms, as well as talks about the people around
her that are contributing to the problem. She is trying to control
her behavior but others are making it difficult since they center
her out, bringing forth the issues of her disability every single
day.
First, we can see that
others are a problem, since many people will center out individuals
flaws first, before complimenting. Therefore, that problem can be
resolved if we teach Nikki how to handles other people around her.
The next issue is the symptoms. What symptoms do you have Nikki? Nikki
says I am having night sweats, nightmares, flashbacks, impulsive outbursts,
and so on. Well, why do you think this is happening Nikki? I do not
know why it is happening. First, Nikki is illustrating symptoms of
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, so it is apparent that she is a trauma
patient.
Therefore, Nikki is
certain she was victimized, but uncertain of the emotions, feelings,
and thought process she is enduring. Now Nikki may or may not be able
to tell you the entire event that brought forth this disorder, but
Nikki can tell you the surroundings of the event. This means the counselor
needs to invoke talk therapy to find out the underlying source of
her suffering. Does Nikki blame herself for the violence against her,
or the violence she witnessed? Probably so, since she is in a battle
of understanding the mind at a greater level than the so-called normal
minds and Nikki will battle to find the source within that is haunting
her dear soul and mind. The mind is a tricky thing, and to understand
it, you must address it. We can also see how antidepressants play
a role in mental health.
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