From Mad in Norway: When Mad in Norway brings together professionals and user experience experts for a seminar on December 5, it takes place in the midst of an escalating debate about the validity of diagnoses, the basis for treatment, and societal consequences. Velken points precisely to the weak knowledge base. That the diagnosis cannot be proven by medical tests, that the diagnosis is based on observations that do not mark a clear distinction from normal, and that the treatment they can offer in an already overburdened healthcare system can, in the worst case, do more harm than good.
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