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Originally Posted by orthodoc
Treating mental illness as comparable to physical illness and refusing to stigmatize those who suffer from it are not pie in the sky concepts.
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Psychology was mostly a subjective art. Without tools to properly quantify a disorder and identify its causes, psychology remained something above blood letting. A subjective art.
Pet scanners and other recently developed tools are just beginning to turn psychology into more of a science. So how is any doctor to make a diagnosis supported by hard facts? That's the problem. Mental disorders are identified mostly by subjective observation.
Now, would a women suffering from post-partum depression always be obvious? Do symptoms come a go even within hours? How would one identify simple depression from potential acts of violence? Could the many who saw her days before recognize anything wrong if informed what to observe?