The Story Medicine Can't Tell
The medical system tries to reduce our problems down to simple, pragmatic descriptions and solutions. But does this always help?This is a snippet from my Wednesday 24/6 episode, The Diagnosis Obsessio...
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Your State is More Fundamental Than Any Diagnosis
Diagnoses are always trying to describe a state, which is more real than any diagnosis applied to it, and is independent of it: your state is not the diagnosis, and the diagnosis is not your state.Thi...
28 Kesä 4min
A Diagnosis Is Just a Heuristic
We tend to think diagnoses are absolute, when really they are practical tools that professionals use to attempt to improve your health.This is a snippet from my Wednesday 24/6 episode, The Diagnosis O...
25 Kesä 4min
The Diagnosis Obsession - Part 2/2 (#150)
How many people are walking around right now with diagnoses for ADHD, depression, anxiety or other similar conditions that are unnecessary and useless - with dodgy diagnoses?In part 2 of The Diagnosis...
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Diagnosis Is Big Business
There's a lot of money in medicine and pharmaceuticals, and this puts a huge survival pressure on the industry.This is not a countercultural slur, just a basic structural fact of healthcare.This is a ...
23 Kesä 5min
The Diagnosis Imperative
Healthcare professionals' priority is to diagnose you. That is what they are trying to do. But is it necessary? Is it functional? Is it right?And what's more - patients themselves are often biased tow...
21 Kesä 8min
Diagnoses Are Trendy
How many people have you heard saying "I think I have autism/ADHD/anxiety/depression because of x, y or z"? I'm sure you've heard someone, because diagnoses of this kind have become trendy.We're so qu...
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The Diagnosis Obsession - Part 1/2 (#149)
How many people are walking around right now with diagnoses for ADHD, depression, anxiety or other similar conditions that are unnecessary and useless - with dodgy diagnoses?In part 1 of The Diagnosis...
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