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In my organization we were required to give all clients a diagnoses in order for them to receive services. While most of the youth did indeed have a legitimate diagnoses there were some that just needed extra transitional services (housing, edu., skills building, etc.) I dealt with this by diagnosing a lot of PSTD, since most of these youth had exp. Trauma in their lives and by being extremely clear that a diagnoses does not define a person. I worry that many young people, people in general, here their diagnoses and internalize it, which creates more harm than benefits.