1. Diagnostic Tools for Psychologists
In knowing the disorder has been experienced by others, individuals may normalise their potentially abnormal behaviour (Duncan, et al., 2007). ... Furthermore, diagnosis may act as a self-fulfilling prophecy, whereby clients attribute all other adverse situations to their disorder. For example, upon being diagnosed with Major Depressive Illness, a client may re-conceptualise their past experiences based on the descriptive framework given by a diagnostic schema, re-assess their life in light of the theory underlying the diagnosis, and begin to re-evaluate other past events as symptoms of their ...
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