.... Design/methodology/approach The primary aim of this study was to explore the lived experiences of youth with mental health problems. Specifically, it sought to understand how young people experience their symptoms, conceptualize their diagnosis, navigate the process of seeking professional help...

...Punita Chowbey; Sarah Salway; Mubarak Ismail Purpose Evidence, though limited, suggests that UK minority ethnic individuals have lower referral rates for eating disorders than their White British counterparts. Missed or delayed diagnosis may be an important contributory factor. This paper seeks...

...David Pilgrim; Christopher Dowrick This paper provides a critique of the current diagnostic and therapeutic orthodoxy in relation to the concept of depression. It argues that there are substantial problems with the conceptual validity of the diagnosis, and that both empirical and moral objections...

... Diagnosis Algorithm The depsychiatrisation of mental illness Key words: psychotropic drugs pharmaceutical industry marketing diagnosis algorithm Using as an example the mental health mass screening and treatment programmes instituted in some US states, Joseph Dumit describes how the western world has...