This comes back to what I mentioned earlier in the thread that it “requires a shocking amount of initiative on the part of the patient.”
There are also easy and hard paths through the system. If you are motivated to get a diagnosis, you can talk to a psychologist or psychiatrist and get a diagnosis. You can look for a therapist who specializes in those issues. You can take this diagnosis to a psychiatrist and say “I have diagnosis X and symptoms Y.”
If you go into the hospital with a broken leg, you can just check into the hospital and you will come out with a cast and an appointment to have it removed. If you have mental health issues, unless they are severe enough to require hospitalization, you are in charge of your own treatment.
There are also easy and hard paths through the system. If you are motivated to get a diagnosis, you can talk to a psychologist or psychiatrist and get a diagnosis. You can look for a therapist who specializes in those issues. You can take this diagnosis to a psychiatrist and say “I have diagnosis X and symptoms Y.”
If you go into the hospital with a broken leg, you can just check into the hospital and you will come out with a cast and an appointment to have it removed. If you have mental health issues, unless they are severe enough to require hospitalization, you are in charge of your own treatment.