Debate the need for labels and diagnoses with the harm that they can potentially
Debate the need for labels and diagnoses with the harm that they can potentially cause.
**Ted Talk: Alexander Carter “How Labeling Can Be a Double Edged Sword” **
Link: https://youtu.be/5UtMOxvyMQU
**Benefits and Drawbacks of Mental Health Diagnosis**
Link: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/the-british-journal-of-psychiatry/article/psychiatric-diagnosis-impersonal-imperfect-and-important/C29813EAC72CCC801F4F17AC96126093
**Pros and Cons of Formal Diagnosis**
Link: https://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/pdfdocs/diaglabel.pdf
**Ted Talk: The Trouble with Using Labels to Define instead of Describe**
Link: https://youtu.be/H9XubDriWC4
Are they necessary? Is there any way we could mitigate the risks while still being able to utilize the benefits?
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