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Mental Health Diagnosis Explained

6 Nov 2024 · 0 min

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Short video segment (Amber Hollingsworth) explaining that diagnosing mental health relies on collections of symptoms, but many symptoms overlap across conditions (depression, addiction, bipolar disorder, social anxiety), and non-psychiatric factors (hormones, medical issues) can mimic symptoms; researcher/clinician assessments often consider only a few symptoms and may lack contextualization.

What we do to diagnose people is we look at a collection of symptoms. The problem is, is that so many of the symptoms cross over. What could it be? It could be depression. It could be addiction. It could be a bipolar disorder. It could be social anxiety. It could be hormones. It could be a medical issue. It could be so many things. And all we know when we're doing that research is we're looking at maybe a few little symptoms. But too often, we don't really put those symptoms in a context.