Posted by JahL on May 16, 2001, at 21:42:02
In reply to Re: Re warning on methodone thread, posted by Elizabeth on May 16, 2001, at 17:52:49
> > But I agree, it would've been better to avoid the "avoidance" comment, but I guess I didn't think it crossed the line.
>
> It sounds like amateur psychoanalysis to me. < g >Kind of what I was suggesting above!
> Seriously, I think a major issue in psychiatry is the use of putatively "objective" diagnoses to convey subjective feelings of dislike or insults. A few examples:
> * or that an adult has a "personality disorder" (connoting that he or she is frustrating and/or that s/he is to be blamed for his/her failure to respond to treatment)BOY can I relate to this.
In the UK diagnosing personality disorders is a favoured strategy of inept & under-educated pdocs to explain their failure to treat.After I'd failed SSRIs, Tricyclics & (pretty laughable) psychotherapy I was handed a 'personality disorder' questionaire. Fool-proof apparently. Probably only for people with personality disorders ;-). Essentially you could construct whatever personality took yr fancy. Handed the silly thing back.
The week before this pdoc (who was charging $275 an hr) had told me "you're the most rational person I've ever met". Go figure!
Jah.
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