How are psychiatric diagnoses made?

Prof. Sami Timimi child psychiatrist and visiting professor University of Lincoln

hat tip to CEP

Psych labels are descriptive of behavior but do not represent any sort of discreet biological reality.

• there is no such thing as a monolithic state called depression

• Rethinking bipolar disorder

Other ways of reconsidering that which gets labeled by psychiatry:

• The shamanic-like nature of consciousness

• Spiritual emergency: one way of interpreting activity of the psyche that is often labeled psychotic

• Fear and anxiety: coping, reframing, transforming…

• Psychosis recovery: stories, information and resources

• What if grief is the natural order of things, a way of loving life anyway?

And, of course, trauma histories should always be considered: Trauma and PTSD collected info, commentary and links