labels

When I was born, my parents named me White. An unusual name, admittedly, but it was a tribute to my grandmother, a woman of strength and grace, whose last name was White.

The descriptors are not chosen lightly; often labels are chosen to have a desired effect on others.

We need to avoid simple labels, assumptions, either/or situations and limiting diagnoses.

One of the most frequent issues I come across in discussions on mental health, psychiatry or psychology is the issue of labels.