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Originally Posted by orthodoc

Treating mental illness as comparable to physical illness and refusing to stigmatize those who suffer from it are not pie in the sky concepts.

Psychology was mostly a subjective art. Without tools to properly quantify a disorder and identify its causes, psychology remained something above blood letting. A subjective art.

Pet scanners and other recently developed tools are just beginning to turn psychology into more of a science. So how is any doctor to make a diagnosis supported by hard facts? That's the problem. Mental disorders are identified mostly by subjective observation.

Now, would a women suffering from post-partum depression always be obvious? Do symptoms come a go even within hours? How would one identify simple depression from potential acts of violence? Could the many who saw her days before recognize anything wrong if informed what to observe?