My T doesn't think diagnostically...

I absolutely think practitioners have a responsibility to tell each patient what their diagnosis/es is, though I don't think they always record them in the medical record. Many will not write the axis II diagnosis in the medical record due to associated stigma. However, it's not fair to those who have had those types of diagnoses indicated in their chart since it can follow them for life. I noticed it's more common in nations outside of the US to add these dx in the record.

I think of dx more as educational tools but never thought of them as labels.