A case of mistaken identity? Identity & diagnosis in the psychiatric clinic

The Maudsley Philosophy Group is a registered charity (reg.no 1120868) providing a cross-disciplinary forum where academics, public intellectuals and policy-makers come together with clinical and academic psychiatrists to explore and challenge understandings of mental health and illness. The MPG has recently taken on the theme of 'Power & Personality', continuing the work of Lord David Owen and the Daedalus Trust on the 'Hubris Syndrome'

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Dr Chloe Saunders speaks on the topic of identity or diagnosis, reflecting on current challenges for Psychiatry

Please join us for the second seminar of the Maudsley Philosophy Group&#x27;s spring seminar series in which we welcome Dr Chloe Saunders, PhD candidate at Aarhus University, who will be speaking on the topic of identity or diagnosis, reflecting on current challenges for PsychiatryA case of mistaken Identity? Identity and Diagnosis in the Psychiatric Clinic.Abstract:This seminar is about ideas that concepts of identity and psychiatric diagnosis have become confused and entwined in society. To bring a focus to a sprawling subject, the discussion will centre around a familiar clinical scenario: the self-diagnosed patient who would not attract the diagnosis they seek, were they not to seek it.We will explore, through a historical and sociological lens, what it means to have an illness identity and why people are increasingly coming to psychiatry clinics looking for recognition of their self-diagnoses. I also consider whether this is a problem, and what sort of response it merits inside and outside the clinic. To answer this I draw on theories of Personal and Group Identity and discuss the literature on what we know about how illness identities form on social media. I also consider the role of the psychiatric diagnostic system and questions of epistemic authority. I hope to offer a framework and open a discussion about how psychiatrists can negotiate such encounters most helpfully, and how we should think about our simultaneous roles as ‘diagnosers’ and ‘gate-keepers’ in this post-stigma era of mental health care.

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