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I think you're just not familiar with psychiatry terminology. Mental illness and mental disorder are largely used interchangeably. The word illness is not a str
by caddemon 5y ago
I think you're just not familiar with psychiatry terminology. Mental illness and mental disorder are largely used interchangeably. The word illness is not a strictly defined word in medicine in general (whereas disease versus disorder is a legitimate distinction, but it has to do with identifying causes, not with severity). Everything in the DSM is a mental disorder by definition.
I'm also not sure how you can say that it is a disorder and it is mental but somehow it's not a mental disorder? That must require some mental gymnastics to justify.
Also, I literally have ADHD my dude. It's offensive "neurodiversity" garbage to suggest it's not a mental illness. To both people with ADHD and people with other illnesses - "mental illness" is not a dirty word. Maybe we should stop stigmatizing mental illnesses instead of trying to carve out exceptions.
You might want to study a bit more psychiatry before you spew more outdated information on here.
- zepto 5y ago> I think you're just not familiar with psychiatry terminology. Mental illness and mental disorder are largely used interchangeably. If this was true you’d be able to quote from the DSM where they use the term mental illness. > I'm also not sure how you can say that it is a disorder and it is mental but somehow it's not a mental disorder? That must require some mental gymnastics to justify. No, you are just representing what I said dishonestly. If I’m wrong, you will be able to quote where I said it wasn’t a disorder. > You might want to study a bit more psychiatry before you spew more outdated information on here. Speak for yourself. There is a reason the DSM doesn’t call ADHD a mental illness, which is that it is not considered one by the psychiatric profession in modern times.