Can We Replace Misleading Terms Like 'Mental Illness,' 'Patient,' and 'Schizophrenia'
Category: SCIENCE
I don't trust clinicians who restrict themselves to reductionistic diagnostic interviews, but I also don't trust clinicians who can't make an accurate diagnosis.  Diagnosis and empathy are necessary partners in any therapeutic relationship, fully complementary and in no way incompatible.
By Allen Frances, ContributorProfessor Emeritus, Duke University, 2015-04-05