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The Rumpelstiltskin effect claims only that the act of being diagnosed can itself help, not that a diagnosis is a net good for the patient.

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What makes psychotherapy work?under our view: What the clinician supplies is containment and a name for the thing, and that is itself the treatment

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  1. Awais Aftab

    Psychiatrist and clinical assistant professor at Case…

    The Rumpelstiltskin effect is not a claim that receiving a diagnosis is a net benefit or a net positive. It is a claim that the mere act of receiving a diagnosis can be beneficial.

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