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Short version: Mental health is incredibly complicated in terms of diagnosing and treating. A lot of the diseases share similar symptoms and they're still worki
by floppydisk 11y ago
Short version: Mental health is incredibly complicated in terms of diagnosing and treating. A lot of the diseases share similar symptoms and they're still working on figuring out what separates conditions from one another and makes them unique / how to tell them apart. I.E. they moved Aspergers onto the autism spectrum rather than as a standalone condition recently.
Studying and treating mental health ultimately involves putting trained practitioners in a room with patients for a sustained period of time to accurately diagnose them and run studies to better understand their condition and how to treat it. Yes, we have some ways of managing conditions like Bipolar, but the diagnosis process is incredibly complex and very detailed to the point of requiring the treatment provider interact thoroughly with a large group of people to ensure an accurate diagnosis.
Ultimately, you want an extremely low rate of false positive diagnoses with regards to mental health issues and teasing apart the difference between the actual condition and someone exhibiting some symptoms due to other causes requires a lot of training and practice. I don't think much of that translates to the SV/VC model yet.