What are some ways in which the use of diagnostic labels pathologizes everyday life?

DQ 1: Based on your professional and personal experience, what is your perspective on whether a focus on the mental health or a focus on the mental illness of the client offers the better outcome?

6/6] – Provided research-based reasons for which focus offers the better outcome. [6/6] – Incorporated in your response the reference to some commonly discussed critiques of the DSM-IV-TR. [4/4] – Supported your response with references, texts, articles, and

DQ 2: What are some ways in which the use of diagnostic labels pathologizes everyday life?

[12/12] – Critically analyzed and clearly explained, with a logical rationale, the implications of diagnostic labels on everyday life. [4/4] – Supported your response with references, texts, articles, and experience