The Hidden Prevalence of Misdiagnosis in Mental Health
Misdiagnosis Is More Common Than Most Realize By Cassidy Cousens — Arago Integrative Recovery (AIR) Most people assume medical diagnosis is fairly precise. That assumption begins to break down quickly in one area of medicine: mental health. Across medicine as a whole, diagnostic errors occur in…
Trauma Inflation
How a Clinical Term Got Stretched Beyond Its Meaning By Cassidy Cousens — Arago Integrative Recovery (AIR) Trauma is real. Trauma is serious. It shapes people in ways that deserve both respect and precision. But over the past decade, the word has expanded so far beyond its original scope that it…
The Census Rule
Why “Behavior Problems” Aren’t Always About Behavior By Cassidy Cousens — Arago Integrative Recovery (AIR) Families assume treatment decisions are made based on clinical need. Inside many programs, that’s not always the case. Unspoken and nearly universal, the real driver of how “behavior…
When Every Feeling Becomes a Diagnosis
The Cost of Our Culture’s Drive to Pathologize Discomfort By Cassidy Cousens — Arago Integrative Recovery (AIR) We live in a culture that rushes to label every uncomfortable emotion. A moment of anxiety becomes an “anxiety disorder.” Restlessness gets labeled ADHD, often without much…
The Trauma Trap
When Trauma Becomes the Default Lens in Treatment By Cassidy Cousens — Arago Integrative Recovery (AIR) Trauma matters. That part isn’t up for debate. For a long time, addiction and mental health treatment leaned too hard on blame and willpower. The trauma lens helped correct that. It gave people…
The Hidden Prevalence of Misdiagnosis in Mental Health
Misdiagnosis Is More Common Than Most Realize By Cassidy Cousens — Arago Integrative Recovery (AIR) Most people assume medical diagnosis is fairly precise. That assumption begins to break down quickly in one area of medicine: mental health. Across medicine as a whole, diagnostic errors occur in…
Trauma Inflation
How a Clinical Term Got Stretched Beyond Its Meaning By Cassidy Cousens — Arago Integrative Recovery (AIR) Trauma is real. Trauma is serious. It shapes people in ways that deserve both respect and precision. But over the past decade, the word has expanded so far beyond its original scope that it…
The Census Rule
Why “Behavior Problems” Aren’t Always About Behavior By Cassidy Cousens — Arago Integrative Recovery (AIR) Families assume treatment decisions are made based on clinical need. Inside many programs, that’s not always the case. Unspoken and nearly universal, the real driver of how “behavior…
When Every Feeling Becomes a Diagnosis
The Cost of Our Culture’s Drive to Pathologize Discomfort By Cassidy Cousens — Arago Integrative Recovery (AIR) We live in a culture that rushes to label every uncomfortable emotion. A moment of anxiety becomes an “anxiety disorder.” Restlessness gets labeled ADHD, often without much…
The Trauma Trap
When Trauma Becomes the Default Lens in Treatment By Cassidy Cousens — Arago Integrative Recovery (AIR) Trauma matters. That part isn’t up for debate. For a long time, addiction and mental health treatment leaned too hard on blame and willpower. The trauma lens helped correct that. It gave people…