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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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  • Iain said:
    'Life being stressful is not an illness' - GPs on mental health over-diagnosis

    Yes, I read that. I think it is true. Kids ought to be taught about coping with 'normal' life and also about stress. Everyone ends up stressed, it is not recognised, then things like bullying start [blaming someone else, taking out anger and frustration on a person/animal /destroying something/ getting angry about a 'cause' that normally they would not care about].

     I do wonder about autism being considered 'over diagnosed' as part of this theme of over diagnosis, but nevertheless I think it remains a truism. But GPs will be afraid to tell patients they do not have a mental health problem, because they risk losing their job if someone commits suicide. Suicide is not just to do with mental illness but stressors not dealt with. It is a growing problem that needs far more research.

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  • Iain said:
    'Life being stressful is not an illness' - GPs on mental health over-diagnosis

    Yes, I read that. I think it is true. Kids ought to be taught about coping with 'normal' life and also about stress. Everyone ends up stressed, it is not recognised, then things like bullying start [blaming someone else, taking out anger and frustration on a person/animal /destroying something/ getting angry about a 'cause' that normally they would not care about].

     I do wonder about autism being considered 'over diagnosed' as part of this theme of over diagnosis, but nevertheless I think it remains a truism. But GPs will be afraid to tell patients they do not have a mental health problem, because they risk losing their job if someone commits suicide. Suicide is not just to do with mental illness but stressors not dealt with. It is a growing problem that needs far more research.

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