"...When traumatized people seek help at public mental health programs they often encounter a pronounced interest in identifying what’s wrong with them. This is primarily due to the continued reliance on the psychiatric Bible (DSM 4/5) to determine who is eligible for services and who is not. The frequent result is that the vast majority of these traumatized people receive diagnoses such as attention deficit, oppositional-defiant and conduct disorders (for children) and depression, bipolar and psychosis (for adults). In turn, these diagnoses spur the treatment towards psychotropic medications....
"Taking medications can become a very passive act, demanding little effort and responsibility on the part of the help seeker (and the help provider). Trauma informed care requires a collaborative, empowering approach that is predicated on the belief that the person is the expert on themselves and has the capacity to heal. The Recovery Model states that diagnosis is not destiny. In trauma informed care, diagnosis may not even be the correct starting point."
http://www.madinamerica.com/2013/09/trauma-informed-care-meets-pharma-informed-care/
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