Social Misuse of Disorder Designation, Part III: Harm and Ethical Validity
May 8th 2019At a minimum, a mental disorder is considered an undesirable and unwanted condition either for the individual or the society. However, that is clearly very relativistic and does little to protect against social misuse of disorder designation.
Social Misuse of Disorder Designation, Part I: Conceptual Defenses
May 8th 2019Part 1 of a three-part series on a pertinent philosophical question in the era of diagnostic inflation: What conceptual means are available to prevent deviant and undesirable behavioral conditions from being diagnosed as mental disorders as a result of social bias and stigma?