PY5CRT13 Chapter Notes -My Strange Addiction, Bipolar Disorder, Heart Rate
19 Apr 2022
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Of course, there are a number of disadvantages in the usage of a discrete classification system. Classification, by its very nature, provides information in a shorthand form. However, using any form of shorthand inevitably leads to a loss of information. In other words, as we simplify through classification, we inevitably lose an array of personal details about the actual person who has the disorder. Moreover, although things are improving, there can still become stigma (or disgrace) associated with having a psychiatric diagnosis. Even today, people are generally far more comfortable disclosing that they have a physical illness such as diabetes than they are in admitting to any mental disorder. This is in part due to the fear (real or imagined) that speaking candidly about having a psychological disorder will result in unwanted social or occupational consequences or frank discrimination. Now think of the hurt that people with mental disorders experience when they hear such words.
