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AFAICT none of the links you give offer any support for the claim that "psychiatry is bullshit". Several, if anything, support the exact opposite (e.g "antidep
by SEMW 8y ago
AFAICT none of the links you give offer any support for the claim that "psychiatry is bullshit".
Several, if anything, support the exact opposite (e.g "antidepressants to be more effective than psychotherapy" -- 'psychiatrist' is not a synonym of 'psychotherapist', a psychiatrist is a medical doctor specialising in mental illness, so is licensed to prescribe antidepressants). Most of the others are just not relevant to the claim ("Young children emerge from single potentially traumatic events psychologically unharmed" -- how exactly is that supposed to be evidence that psychiatry is bullshit? By some kind of hidden implication that just because thing X does not cause mental illness, therefore mental illnesses don't exist?)
- sophistication 8y agoYes, I predominately mean psychotherapy. The links I've listed mostly just provide hints of excessive psychologizing and quackery, but it is indeed awkward when >90% of psychotherapy methods do not perform better than placebo. There seems to be quackery in the medical side of psychiatry as well, but to a lesser extent. Here it is straight from the horse's mouth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0Fi32LbXHA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0Fi32LbXHA
- sophistication 8y agoA bit late, but more on this: https://pocketmags.com/au/skeptical-inquirer-magazine/may-june-2018/articles/343086/trauma-and-taboo https://pocketmags.com/au/skeptical-inquirer-magazine/may-ju...