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pros & cons labelling - Coggle Diagram
pros & cons labelling
ADVANTAGES
Determines treatment method, medication and treatment duration
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Diagnosis enables multidisciplinary assessment, support and treatment
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Diagnosis assists in optimal care and use of medications and in combination with other treatments as mental illnesses often are comorbid.
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Providing understanding, support and unbiased professionalism to the person is not socially discriminated with an inaccurate diagnosis or not diagnosing the individual thus increasing their potential for misunderstanding and judgement by the wider community
When psychologists use precise methods and guides, and comprehensive interviewing techniques to gather medical and personal history, the process hones the skills of the professional
Diagnosis provides clear and unambiguous understanding and communication across health services and professions
Friends and family often feel the negative repercussions of mental ill-health too, so diagnosis and support/knowledge and understanding can assist the afflicted person.
DISADVANTAGES
Labelling often results in judgement and discrimination from society due to lack of understanding and cognitive biases.
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Can tend to discount and overlook the person's life experiences and contributing factors to the condition i.e., trauma, tragedy; abuse
Psychologists and health professionals need to to ensure accuracy, expertise, understanding and empathy when making a diagnosis.
If mental illness is left untreated, it can encourage suicidal thoughts. Severe mental illness can cloud your judgement and rob you of the ability to think rationally. Most incidents of suicide are connected to severe, neglected mental illness.
Diagnostic terminology is also criticised because it indicates the adoption of a medical model of conditions of living, and introduces unconscious biases that may lead others, including health practitioners, to categorise many innocuous or reasonable responses of the diagnosed person as evidence consistent with their alleged ‘illness’
Humans are prone to perceive consistency with their pre-formed opinions and attitudes; they do seek confirmatory evidence when searching for solutions to problems; they are prone to unconscious biases that distort rational decision-making.
Diagnoses can serve as ‘labels’ that concretise non-normative differences and produce stigma. Once labelled as ‘schizophrenic’, for example, an individual can have great difficulty escaping from potential prejudice and discrimination.
INTRODUCTION
the dilemma of diagnosis and the considerations for psychologists. Despite the limitations and constraints that this consideration will raise, there are many benefits to diagnosis that also need to be taken into account.
Psychologists are trained to assess and diagnose problems in people’s thinking, emotions and behaviour.
Mental illness refers to a classification of health problems that affect the way people think, feel and behave.
CONCLUSION / SUMMARY
psychologists should routinely undertake thorough mental health assessments of their clients (where appropriate to do so) and comprehensively document their decision-making processes and diagnostic judgements.
most psychologists have concluded that diagnosis is an important undertaking that can offer valuable advantages to psychologists who take the time and care necessary to complete comprehensive diagnostic work-ups with their clients.
physical health conditions which can have major implications for the manifestation and treatment of mental health disorders
Building these factors, as well as social, cultural, and spiritual aspects of the client’s experience into the diagnostic decision-making is essential to ensuring a sound understanding of the client and his or her experience.
diagnostic processes can keep psychologists focussed on providing the best possible care for their clients.