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Awais Aftab

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Psychiatrist and clinical assistant professor at Case Western Reserve University. Writes Psychiatry at the Margins on the philosophical and scientific debates inside psychiatry and the psy-sciences.

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  1. Our reading

    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.

    Their wordsThe 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.

    ↗The Principle of Rumpelstiltskin: Psychiatrists and Witchdoctorspsychiatrymargins.com

    Interesting
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  3. Our reading

    A prescriber cannot outsource containment to the therapy hour: the emotional and relational dynamics are part of prescribing, not an intrusion on it.

    Their wordsThe emotional and relational dynamics are not an intrusion upon the work of prescribing. They are a part of the work itself.

    ↗The Fantasy of Being "Just" a Psychiatric Prescriberpsychiatrymargins.com

    Psychotherapy

    Interesting