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Diagnosing your peers isn't real mental health support
Original: Column: Diagnosing your peers isn’t real mental health support
A new column argues that casually diagnosing friends and peers with mental health conditions is not genuine support. The piece, published by The Daily Tar Heel, pushes back against the growing habit of armchair diagnosis and suggests it can trivialize real mental illness while replacing meaningful help like listening or encouraging professional care.
Why now: Concerns are growing over the spread of informal psychological diagnosis among young people on social media and campuses.
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- Column: Diagnosing your peers isn’t real mental health support · The Daily Tar Heel
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