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Should People Be Labeled With a Psychiatric Diagnosis?
II. Thesis Statement
Throughout this paper, issues will be discussed regarding the question of whether labels should be placed on the people who have been diagnosed with a psychiatric illness. I believe that the current methods of classifying and identifying these individuals does not have the patients bests interests in mind, partly due to the negative stigmas that come hand in hand with the label. I find that aside from the benefits that systems such as the DSM provide for a patient, it can place many negative stereotypes; compromising ones dignity as well effecting his/her family. This paper will provide arguments proving that the labels placed on oneself can be horrifically damaging to many aspects of life.
III. Historical Context
When 19th century medicine had reached a point where people were discovering that different ailments require different treatments, people in the field of studying abnormal behavior began......

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