Do mental health labels hurt more than they help?

A mental health diagnosis, like any other diagnosis, would mean labelling a condition a person is dealing with. There exists, however, a debate over whether labels are helpful, or do more harm than good.

Mental health professionals commonly use the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, an authoritative guide published by the the American Psychiatric Association, to categorise and diagnose mental health problems. The first DSM was published in 1952; the one currently in use is the DSM-5 TR.