Ian Reynir wrote:Cheze2 wrote:Diagnoses are just subjective opinions after all, perhaps misdiagnosis can cover a portion of these people? Just a thought.
Actually, I think a diagnosis is a classification connecting real phenomana to specific name or label.
Yes, the diagnostic criteria is all laid out nice and neat, yet you get two psychiatrists in a room together and you will very well get two different diagnoses based upon their subjective opinions of the "symptoms" they are seeing. There was a British TV show about this type of thing.
Recovered45 wrote:And its not really a diagnosis thats as easy to get wrong, in the sense, that once someone has commanding voices, voices observing behaviour, hallucinations and so forth, your not left with a wide selection of illnesses to diagnose them into.
How many people do you know personally that have a diagnosis of schizophrenia? Schizophrenia is MUCH more than just hearing voices. I do believe that this is part of the issue. Many doctors hear "Oh you're hearing voices-must be schizophrenia" vs spending the time to find out about the whole person and what else might be going on.