Psychology

» Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen - anxiety disorders common

I hadn't realized how many anxiety disorders there are! Everything from generalized anxiety to posttraumatic stress disorder, with phobias and obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) in the middle.

Howie Mandel, host of Deal or No Deal, is Canadian - and he has OCD. He's very open and honest about it, and said in the interview that he's a strong proponent of counseling. It doesn't sound like he's "cured", though - I wonder if it's like alcoholism or a chronic illness that comes and goes? It's always there, but not always active?

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» redback - anxiety disorders common

In response to anxiety disorders common posted by LauriePK:

YEP. Anxiety the symptom or diagnosis. Include the personality disorders where anxiety is a significant symptom and include where anxiety is a mental health problem...not yet a disorder.

I think high profile, successful personalities talking about their mental health problems helps break down barriers. But comedians may be better able to 'manage' their symptoms or hide their disability in their work.

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» Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen - anxiety disorders common

In response to anxiety disorders common posted by redback:

And it's becoming more common, for celebrities to share their struggles. Margaret Trudeau is speaking out about getting help for mental disorders. Brooke Shields talked about post-partum depression. Didn't Tom Cruise give his two cents about depression, too?

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In response to anxiety disorders common posted by LauriePK:

"Didn't Tom Cruise give his two cents about depression, too?"

As a Scientologist, he went against mainstream medical opinion on mental illhealth...and probably fed stigma.

While I understand religion's contentious mixed contributions to mental ill-health, I'm not persuaded that Scientology holds value-added answers.

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» pink101 - Designer Disorders

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I wonder if someone could make a career out of creating designer disorders.
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In response to Designer Disorders posted by pink101:

I think some make a career out of the categories they try to place problems in. There may be more than 10,000 different reasons say why a person may succumb to an anxiety episode. (Their underlying personality {disorder} vs the extent of the crisis..the timing/nature of the crisis) These 'overlap' in a sense so as to obscure pure cause.

But if you're seen to specialise in specific causes of anxiety, rather than the anxiety syndrome itself or can change the name of a problem to a more "palatable" one, you may attract more business.

In the context of treatment OR diagnosis: How unique is PTSD? How unique is the PTSD suffered by victims of torture in the homeland they hopefully escaped from? How unique is the person with globally poor coping skills? What if the cause of anxiety was an adverse reaction to medication or other physical cause?

There is probably more stigma attached to going to a psychiatrist than psychologist and given the differing government rebates here, I'm sure there is some conflict of interest in how they each may "ambulance chase" for want of a much better descriptor.

If you and/or your GP don't believe in say ADHD which needs a psychiatrist diagnosis here and their authority to prescribe medication but the psychologist offers counselling...I think there can be many pathways to the 'designer' status you refer to.

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