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enirgin t1_j7qsr71 wrote

There is also evidence that diagnosis with a mental disorder is biased: those in poverty and minorities are diagnosed at higher rates than others with similar symptoms.

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HungryHungryHobo2 t1_j7qurqf wrote

Correct.
Poor irrational people are crazy.
Rich irrational people are eclectic.

The man on the street corner ranting and raving about gods vengance is insane.
The man on stage in the mega church ranting and raving about gods vengance is impassioned.

Most mental health diagnosis are not objective.
Ten professionals can see the same patient and give them ten different diagnoses.

Most of these include some variety of "Being unable to function in society" by definition, people who are extremely wealthy are not going to meet the criteria of "being dysfunctional" while most extremely impoverished people will.

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Tha_Watcher t1_j7r4xb1 wrote

>Ten professionals can see the same patient and give them ten different diagnoses.

There might even be some unconscious bias in those diagnoses as well.

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