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08.09.2015: Psychiatric diagnoses are for the most part based on standardised forms as diagnostic instruments. The use of forms oversimplifies a complex reality and leads to overdiagnosis. Psychiatry strives to defend its position as a medical specialty. Instead of accepting that psychiatry and clinical...

06.03.2012: From the 1950s until today, an increasing emphasis has been placed on assessment of patients’ own experiences. In this article we will provide an overview of this development, elucidated with the aid of hitherto unpublished patient data from the 1950s. Assessments made by patients during this period...