Take for example ADHD. How can a psychologist tell the difference between someone who’s just super hyper and someone who has ADHD?
In: 2
Years of studying and practical training.
A mental disorder is something that affects your whole life and well-being. There is way more to having something like ADHD, aside from at times feeling hyper.
A psychologist measures the symptoms a person is experiencing against not just the known symptoms of the disorder, but also against how severely those symptoms affect that person’s life.
This is also why so many people struggle or fail to get diagnoses. They may not have the known symptoms as described, or they may have developed such effective coping mechanisms, that their disorder doesn’t affect their life as badly as others’.
Latest Answers