The question of Appropriateness

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I agree with this, but you stated earlier that a person can't even diagnose their own psychological condition. If they do not hold enough awareness to acknowledge a condition, how can they possibly recognize or acknowledge it, let alone prevent it?

Diagnosis is a clinical responsibility. It's easy to go thru a symptoms check-list or ascribe labels to people but it's hard to see very subtle things that goes into diagnoses (quality diagnoses). Not saying you can't it's more like red-flag to go around saying, I fit the criteria for a personality disorder bc I agree with the symptoms and characteristics described. That's not how diagnoses works. But there are plenty idiots out there using checklists and whatnot who are supposedly trained to diagnose.

Also, if the distortions which resulted in some DSM psychological condition were balanced, can it really be said that an illness or negative symptoms was prevented since the possibility for it no longer exists.

I'm not particularly referring to those who have reached some understanding and balance. There are so many factors that goes into prevention for example, having a tight support system or mentors who help to manage stressful situations, adhering to treatment prescribed, actively working to manage stress (like taking up meditation or yoga), etc.,.

This lady got a handle on how to deal with voices that told her to harm herself and others. She is medication free and doing great, even becoming a therapist herself helping those who hear voices. Tell me, isn't this prevention? She still hears them but she knows how to interpret voices. She has a choice of what to do when she hears the voice telling her - go cut your wrist or go dump a glass of water on your professor's head.
http://www.ted.com/talks/eleanor_longden...in_my_head

People who are going thru distress and disability & their family or support network can choose to set up ways to prevent certain conditions from becoming worse - like having psychotic episodes or depressive episodes or whatnot. But yeah, they would have to acknowledge that they are 'sick' for the healing or changes to begin.

Isis - will respond later to your post