[Ammi]

Originally Posted by lostalex

as a child who had way too much access to mental health services as a child, i think all the diagnosis and medication for children can do more harm than good. i feel like the mental health profession actually made my problems worse, not better. labelling a kid as diseased when they are just having problems as a kid or teenager i think is very damaging.

That being said, there are some kids who do have actual mental illness and do need serious help. i don't think the mentall health profession has found a way to really separate the kids who are just struggling from the kids who have serious psychological diseases. unfortunately, we have a system where psychologists want to diagnose everyone with something, because if you go see a psychologist and they say you are fine, it's just something you have to work through, then people don't feel like they are getting their money's worth, so they are encouraged to give everyone a a diagnosis of a disease.

Psychological and psychiatric disorders are way over diagnosed.

..it's actually often quite difficult and a struggle to get a diagnosis on school children here, Alex...