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PTSD overdiagnosed?

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Grimreapers · 09/12/2022 14:25

I read this article recently
www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/835551#:~:text=Misdiagnosis%20with%20PTSD%20also%20risks,protective%20social%20factors%2C%20they%20warn.

It just got me thinking, how people feel about the diagnosis? Do you feel people throw it around too easily nowadays? Do you feel people self diagnose when in reality although their feelings are valid it's not PTSD.

I just worry it's being diluted, and people won't take it as seriously as it should be taken.

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Onnabugeisha · 11/12/2022 15:26

WeeWillyWinkie9 · 11/12/2022 00:16

I would agree that there are often other reasons for behaviour. I think we should look at what is hurting that person and also who is pushing for the diagnosis. Often women get it when they report abuse and cases go to the family court as it discredits their account of things.

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As with most conditions there are gender stereotypes that result in women being wrongly diagnosed with BPD when they have c-PTSD (common one) while men with BPD end up wrongly diagnosed with c-PTSD.

Theres a lot of overlap between certain conditions and these gender stereotypes resulting in psychiatrists too quickly pigeon holing people according to the bias of the stereotypes. Some of this is the pressure the NHS is under meaning psychologists and psychiatrists are expected to do a full assessment and diagnosis in 90minutes. It’s too short of a time imho. And another reason my misdiagnoses happen.

WeeWillyWinkie9 · 11/12/2022 21:10

But BPD is a real disorder
It is the exact same condition as wandering womb so believe in one and you believe in the other. they just renamed wandering womb syndrome.

DunnoIfImOverreacting · 11/12/2022 21:49

I cba getting too involved in this weird circular discussion. For me though, one aspect of having the diagnosis, is that I have been able to access disability benefits that have stopped me living on the streets. I can’t function well enough to work full time (tried multiple times), and I’d be dead by now without that help.

lifeinthehills · 11/12/2022 22:31

WeeWillyWinkie9 · 11/12/2022 21:10

But BPD is a real disorder
It is the exact same condition as wandering womb so believe in one and you believe in the other. they just renamed wandering womb syndrome.

Credible source please?

Onnabugeisha · 11/12/2022 22:32

WeeWillyWinkie9 · 11/12/2022 21:10

But BPD is a real disorder
It is the exact same condition as wandering womb so believe in one and you believe in the other. they just renamed wandering womb syndrome.

Your point? So what if Herodotus got the cause wrong 2,500yrs ago and so gave such a disorder a stupid name? I can believe in the disorder while knowing it isn’t actually caused by a wandering womb.

700yrs ago people thought the Black Death was caused by swamp gas, volcanic eruptions, and sinful living among other things.

The fact that ancient and medieval scientists got the cause wrong, doesn’t mean a mental illness doesn’t exist.

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