Psychiatric labels — why some people want one!
The Dose

Psychiatric labels — why some people want one!

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 10, 202620 min

Social media is filled with people discussing their symptoms, often encouraging audiences to consider a diagnostic label based on what seem like common experiences. Dr. Gail Beck, a child psychiatrist at the Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre, says she and other experts are noticing an increasing trend of young patients looking for a label, while expressing curiosity about neurodivergence. For transcripts of The Dose, please visit: lnk.to/dose-transcripts. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. For more episodes of this podcast, click this link.

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I was very happy to have been able to find a way to get to the This is a CBC Podcast. look up their symptoms online, and some might be mislabeling themselves

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from social media videos like this. So if you're someone that drinks coffee and you feel like it never affects you, you might have ADHD.

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So this week we're asking, why might young people want mental health labels? Hi, Gail, welcome to the dose. Hi, nice to meet you.

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