In mental health care, there is a lot of pigeonholing. You can be ‘depressed’, have ‘borderline’ or an ‘anxiety disorder’. According to psychiatrist Jim van Os (UMC Utrecht) we need to get rid of that.
It’s time to stop using labels. Fortunately, he has an alternative
Curious about how we can best treat people with psychological problems? Then watch the bonus material with Jim in which he talks about the new style of treatment.
Prof. dr. Jim van Os, Chair Division Neuroscience, Utrecht University Medical Centre. Jim is also Visiting Professor of Psychiatric Epidemiology at the Institute of Psychiatry in London. Jim works at the interface of ‘hard’ brain science, health services research, art and subjective experiences of people with ‘lived experience’ in mental healthcare.
Jim has been appearing on the Thomson-Reuter Web of Science list of ‘most influential scientific minds of our time’ since 2014. In 2014 he published his book ‘Beyond DSM-5‘, and in 2016 the book ‘Good Mental Health Care’.
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Blogs by Jim van Os can be read here
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