Spot Diagnosis Psychiatrists and Psychologists around the world are entrusted with the minds of millions of people who are in a less than perfect mental state. What is it exactly that we expect from these professionals when we send our loved ones into their offices? I am not sure what I expected from them, but I know that I put all my faith and trust in the hands of these capable professionals and felt less …showed first 75 words of 639 total…

…showed last 75 words of 639 total…adequate length of time may be spent on each patient. There may also be a need for a checks and balances system so as to ensure that these doctors are not "spot diagnosing" their patients. Over the last hundred years the science of Psychology has made great bounds of progress and knowledge, but what good does it make if we are not spending a reasonable amount of time using that knowledge on mental health patients?