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That's simply not true. Psychology is based on evidence. The problem is that the human mind is a lot more difficult to understand than the stomach. As such,
by j_baker 17y ago
That's simply not true. Psychology is based on evidence. The problem is that the human mind is a lot more difficult to understand than the stomach. As such, a good psychologist is a man with one eye in the land of the blind so to speak.
- DeusExMachina 17y agoPsychotherapy is even based on more evidence, since a psychotherapist is a doctor and not only a psychologist, and understands the psychological part as well as the physiological one.
- akgerber 17y agoYou're probably thinking of a psychiatrist. My dad is a psychotherapist and has an MCSW.
- DeusExMachina 17y agoUh, sorry, I'm thinking in terms of italian definitions. Probably in other countries these are a little different.
- Eliezer 17y agoOkay. Give me an example of a psychotherapeutic technique and cite the evidence it's based on. I know of one form of psychotherapy that has some evidence behind it. The rest has been repeatedly tested and found to work no better than talking to a sympathetic intelligent person with no psychology training.