Psychiatry introduced the DSM, which must be used to in order to secure payment from insurance companies for “mental health” services. Even if someone goes to see a counselor of any type – not a psychiatrist – and no drugs are prescribed or taken, a “diagnosis” must be given, if insurance is used. No matter the issue or problem, a person is pathologized as “mentally ill” per the DSM, simply by walking into a clinic or office. This is another way psychiatry has harmed society. We have a psychiatrized society, the result of which is the covering up of the real reasons for personal difficulties and the inability to see a counselor without being pathologized, per the DSM (unless of course, one can pay cash).
Psychiatry introduced the DSM, which must be used to in order to secure payment from insurance companies for “mental health” services. Even if someone goes to see a counselor of any type – not a psychiatrist – and no drugs are prescribed or taken, a “diagnosis” must be given, if insurance is used. No matter the issue or problem, a person is pathologized as “mentally ill” per the DSM, simply by walking into a clinic or office. This is another way psychiatry has harmed society. We have a psychiatrized society, the result of which is the covering up of the real reasons for personal difficulties and the inability to see a counselor without being pathologized, per the DSM (unless of course, one can pay cash).
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