Imagine: Your partner breaks up with you. Spanish psychiatrist Eduard Vieta, an expert on the neurobiology and treatment of bipolar disorder, agrees with Kinderman that diagnosis isn't always necessary — in cases of mental distress that are not extreme. When dealing with non-serious conditions, a diagnosis requirement can push mental health care providers to "medicalize a normal reaction or a …
CNN — Do you sometimes lose your train of thought or feel a bit more anxious than is typical for you? The campaign — which also includes a detailed “It’s particularly egregious because they are trying to convince people with either normal memories or normal age-related decline that they are ill and they need a drug,” said Dr. Adriane Fugh-Berman, …
