By focusing too much on diagnosing mental disorders, we are teaching people to understand and label their distress in unhelpful ways, says psychologist Joanna Barlas of JCU in Singapore. SINGAPORE: Scroll through social media and you’ll likely find posts dispensing mental health advice. Some go so far as to provide checklists of symptoms for conditions like attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or social anxiety disorder – to help users  recognise disorders in themselves and others .