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In reply to the discussion: I spent three weeks in a psychiatric treatment program, does that diminish me as a human being? [View all]Lordquinton
(7,886 posts)"A doctor see a broken bone, he does want is needed on a broken bone. If we viewed the broken bone as medical providers HAVE TO view psychological problems, it would be like the Doctor seeing you have pain, swelling, but unable to determined what is causing the pain, the swelling or the lose of control of the rest of the arm and hand. The Doctor then makes an educated guess what is the problem and what works in previous cases. "
This described the same process twice, a doctor sees you, looks at what's wrong, asks questions, then makes an educated guess as to what is wrong. A broken bone is a bad example for this, try a cold, or flu, or any number of conditions that are hard to pin down. Watch the TV show House, the whole show is about undiagnosible medical conditions.