Assignment task: Clinical and Counselling Psychology
Background on what the essay I am working on is about..
Is psychiatric diagnosis useful? Critical evaluate the interplay of social, cultural and political forces that influence psychiatric diagnosis.
This essay should evaluate the utility of psychiatric diagnosis based on social, cultural, and or political forces behind research and development on the diagnosis. The idea is that you reach a clear conclusion in a debate on psychiatric diagnosis - is it necessary and useful or unnecessary and not very useful?
Could you please help with this section? Include research to evidence your findings (please include incite and full references).
Critical evaluation - Stigma (self/Societal) associated with diagnosis