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Mental Illness or Mental Health Concern?

by Jeffrey Rubin, PhD

Welcome to From Insults to Respect. The two dominant manuals for “diagnosing mental disorders” are the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) and the International Classification of Diseases. (ICD). Their overarching concept is mental disorders. Synonyms are psychopathology, and mental illness. To access mental health services, most people are required to accept being labelled as having a mental illness. Not everyone respects this…

Dr. Jeffrey Rubin January 3, 2024 14 min read

A Revolutionary Alternative to Psychiatric Diagnosis

by Jeffrey Rubin, PhD

Welcome to From Insults to Respect. Regular readers know that I have, from time to time, been dealing with a conflict regarding psychiatric diagnosis. Said briefly, there are many people who immediately lose respect for anyone who questions the validity of the mental illness/mental disorder theoretical construct. On the other hand, many people have lost respect for the psychiatric profession because of its pathologizing approach of…

Dr. Jeffrey Rubin July 23, 2017 8 min read