Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association
When Diagnosis Becomes Identity: Navigating the Cultural Inflation of Psychiatric Diagnoses in Nursing Practice.
Victor G Petreca, Joanne T Barros, Shari L Harding
Published: 202510.1177/10783903251404481
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The diagnostic landscape in psychiatric practice has shifted significantly in recent years, particularly around neurodevelopmental and trauma-related conditions. Where diagnosis once functioned primarily as a medical tool to identify and t…
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