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Between Diagnoses and Dialogue: The Silent Conflict Between Psychiatry and Psychology

Mad in America

I n recent decades, mental health has become one of the most widely discussed issues in public discourse, health policies, and clinical practice. Although both fields claim a commitment to mental health care, psychiatry and psychology are grounded in very different epistemological frameworks.

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Part 4: Neurodiversity: New Paradigm, or Trojan Horse?

Mad in America

Within this, some parts of the neurodiversity movement take an uncritical or neutral perspective on the validity of psychiatric diagnoses such as—but not limited to—ASD and ADHD, backed up by unsubstantiated claims about biological and genetic causal factors. This heterogeneity makes it difficult to generalise.