A Shift in Perspective: From ‘Over-Diagnosis’ to Representative Diagnosis
By Caroline Harroe (Harmless CEO) The narrative that children’s mental health issues are being ‘over-diagnosed’ and that this undercuts ‘grit and resilience’ is a harmful oversimplification. It places the blame on individuals and the mental health profession, rather than on the complex societal and cultural factors that have created this vulnerability. Instead of seeing this […]