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GPs believe that mental health issues are over-diagnosed

Iain

The BBC just published an article that says:

'Life being stressful is not an illness' - GPs on mental health over-diagnosis

Of the 752 GPs who took part in our research, 442 said they believed that over-diagnosis is a concern. More said mental health problems were over-diagnosed by a little than over-diagnosed by a lot. 81 GPs who responded felt that mental health problems were under-diagnosed.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2pvxdn9v4o

I believe that around 10% of GPs were approached with the questionnaire although only 2% of GPs responded.

I wonder how much of this will influence the governmnets current policy considerations towards neurodivergent people.

<edit> I'm trying an edit to the original post to see if this will clear the error message that is stopping people seeing the replies<>

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  • not to invalidate anyone's experiences but im inclined to agree to some extent.

    I've had life long complex mental health condition and lots of friends with mental health conditions. so, im not an expert except annecdotally.

    I've noticed that a lot of current thinking is to label and treat the symptoms without really considering the cause. its often not helpful and often invalidates the person's experience by suggesting the problem is them. society needs to take a proper look at what the underlying external factors are that affect resiliance and work out how these can be better managed globally to prevent people getting ill.

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  • not to invalidate anyone's experiences but im inclined to agree to some extent.

    I've had life long complex mental health condition and lots of friends with mental health conditions. so, im not an expert except annecdotally.

    I've noticed that a lot of current thinking is to label and treat the symptoms without really considering the cause. its often not helpful and often invalidates the person's experience by suggesting the problem is them. society needs to take a proper look at what the underlying external factors are that affect resiliance and work out how these can be better managed globally to prevent people getting ill.

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