In a world where mental health is still highly stigmatized, another struggle also plagues the mental health community—a lack of accurate diagnoses. Patients struggling with…
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DSM, Diagnoses, and Debate: The Many Dimensions of Mental Health
One of the biggest debates surrounding the field of psychology and its practitioners today is the debate concerning how exactly mental health diagnoses should be…
Autism or Schizophrenia: A Common Misdiagnosis
If a child is socially withdrawn and does not make eye contact when communicating with others, is the diagnosis schizophrenia or autism (Dvir & Frazier,…