Depolarizing the debates about pediatric mental health diagnosis and treatment
Wednesday, March 16, 2011 - 13:31
in Psychology & Sociology
Decisions about whether and how to diagnose children with emotional and behavioral disturbances, and whether and how to treat them, are sometimes not clear-cut. When decisions lie within a "zone of ambiguity," people who emphasize different value commitments can reach different but equally respectable conclusions. We need to tolerate these reasonable disagreements, according to a special report.