Controversial discussions in the mental health field about terminology

There can be controversial discussions in the mental health field about terminology and whilst psychosocial disability is defined as disabilities that may arise from mental health issues. Whilst not everyone who has a mental health issue will experience psychosocial disability, those that do can experience severe effects and social disadvantage

What is the most controversial type of therapy?
There are few treatments as controversial as electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). The US author Ernest Hemingway died by suicide shortly after undergoing ECT at the Mayo Clinic in 1961, reportedly saying about ECT ‘What is the sense of ruining my head and erasing my memory? ‘

 

(NSW Government <https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/disability/Pages/NDIS-and-mental-health.aspx>)

some people don’t like the term psychosocial disability.

 

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