mental illness

[ajaybali]

I don't have a mental illness, and that mental illnesses don't exist in the way we think they do, and that it is mostly made up in the way things are made up when things aren't properly understood. Furthermore, I believe that the stress from being told that I have a sever brain dysfunction sent me over the edge and rewired my brain in such a way so that it "created" this disease. So, basically, I was told by the mental health profession that there is "something" which wasn't really there, and so, I went looking for that something - And my brain ended up creating it when it couldn't find the problem.

[ridhi]

Hi,

A mental disorder or mental illness is a psychological or behavioral pattern associated with distress or disability that occurs in an individual and is not a part of normal development or culture. The recognition and understanding of mental health conditions has changed over time and across cultures, and there are still variations in the definition, assessment, and classification of mental disorders, although standard guideline criteria are widely accepted.

[azmat]

I believe ajaybali is right on this one, are actual so called criteria
for mental illness is the DSM, which is even slightly based on science,
and is merely for consistent diagnosis. Neither is the brain chemical
imbalance thingy isn't even really backed by actual evidence. Let me
give you some typical examples:
A man comes in thinking that the government can here what he
is saying, it is worrying him, and just leaves with anti-psychotics
and a diagnosis of schizophrenia. How common are delusions really?
What proof is it that the person needs dopamine lowering drugs?
Did they even do a lab test for that? Obviously no.
Emotional problems, phobias, anxiety, even delusions were treated
in the past successfully when they had no psychiatric drugs through
the simple use of psychoanalysis. Schizophrenics have made amazing
recoveries with little or no meds in a community model where they
are just treated better.
I believe its utterly ridiculous that you can go to a psychiatrist have a
less the 3 minute discussion and leave with one of 374 different mental
disorders and a prescription, without them even trying to get to the route
of the problem, and typically no discussion of side effects.
Did you know that the famous auto-suggestion "day by day, in every way,
I'm getting better and better" caused people to completely recover who
were unresponsive to any other treatment for years.
Psychotropic doping of the public is just terrible, and nothing has changed
or reverted about mental institutions, drugs, or psychiatry, because really
its a successful business.