Imi Lo Who Decides What Is Wrong? Neurodiversity, Diagnosis, and Patient Autonomy - With Dr. Eric Mathison
About this episode
The episode discusses neurodiversity, the implications of diagnostic labeling, and the effectiveness of mental health treatment with Dr. Eric Mathison.
Eric Mathison is a philosopher and bioethicist and a former clinical ethicist. In this conversation, we discuss why the idea that medicine is about healing may be wrong, what the evidence actually shows about the effectiveness of mental health treatment, and what happens when the system has to label you as disordered before it can help you. We talk about diagnostic labelling and neurodiversity, the disturbing variation between doctors’ subjective judgement, and whose voice actually coun...
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