POSTPSYCHIATRY: NEW WAYS OF ASSESSMENT AND DIAGNOSE OF MENTAL STATES AND MENTAL DISORDERS

New approach to assessment and diagnose of mental states and disorders in postmodern societies in the frame of psychodynamic spectrums of the postpsychiatry is proposed. In different spectrums of mental states and disorders areas of mental health and mental illness are revealed. A danger of mistaken diagnose of mental illness on the base of the signs resembling mental pathology has been established. Mistaken diagnose leads to the many sides of negative consequences that is expressed in stigmatization of the clients and the delay of their personal development, a distortion of their positive motivations and creativity. Clients with the signs of mental “deviations” that are related to the area of mental health often reveal unusual skills and talents. However, they experience serious problems connected with the impossibility to receive qualified professional support and help, because of the lack of psychodynamic psychotherapists and social psychologists. Such kinds of help are capable to reveal potential abilities and give the second birth to such clients.

postpsychiatry, spectrum psychiatry, area of mental health, zone of mental illness