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> going to med school just so you could have the title of Doctor and prescribe meds Your comment really isn't with respect when you make this assumption about

> going to med school just so you could have the title of Doctor and prescribe meds Your comment really isn't with respect when you make this assumption about someone's profession based off no knowledge of that person's chosen career path. I'm not sure what kind of a person knows many psychiatrists but doesn't understand that the boundary between psychiatry and psychology isn't some high garden wall whereby a psychologist tosses the ball over when they can't figure out the case.

mindgam3 8y ago
Undoubtedly there are some psychiatrists who pursue the title for reasons other than the fact that psychiatrists have the vast majority of the power and funding in western medicine as compared to psychologists. Surely there are some who are genuinely motivated to solve the problem of human psychological suffering. To those I have a serious question: why did you choose psychiatry over for example a PsyD degree? And: what are the key data points that make you believe that the pharma-centric approach is the one worth devoting your career to?
- docbrown 8y ago
  >why did you choose psychiatry over for example a PsyD degree? And: what are the key data points that make you believe that the pharma-centric approach is the one worth devoting your career to? The patronizing stench of this comment aside, you’re attempting to wedge these two careers into the same hole when they are apples to oranges. At their foundation, the curriculums between the two are nowhere comparable. My psychologist has been taught to conduct _psychotherapy_ at an expert level. My psychiatrist is trained to be a _medical doctor_ on all bases with additional expert knowledge in their sub field. While you may have a certain disdain for the field of psychiatry, attempting to devalue the importance of the balance they maintain for a patient stems from ignorance of what they do.
  - dang 8y ago
    > patronizing stench That falls under what the site guidelines refer to as name-calling and ask you not to do. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
    - 3435355 8y ago
      Oh go fuck yourself. You arrogant assholes on HN love to shit all over psychology and related fields because it threatens your own towering egos. Meanwhile you're the ones in greatest need of psychiatric care.

mindgam3 8y ago

Undoubtedly there are some psychiatrists who pursue the title for reasons other than the fact that psychiatrists have the vast majority of the power and funding in western medicine as compared to psychologists. Surely there are some who are genuinely motivated to solve the problem of human psychological suffering. To those I have a serious question: why did you choose psychiatry over for example a PsyD degree? And: what are the key data points that make you believe that the pharma-centric approach is the one worth devoting your career to?

docbrown 8y ago
>why did you choose psychiatry over for example a PsyD degree? And: what are the key data points that make you believe that the pharma-centric approach is the one worth devoting your career to? The patronizing stench of this comment aside, you’re attempting to wedge these two careers into the same hole when they are apples to oranges. At their foundation, the curriculums between the two are nowhere comparable. My psychologist has been taught to conduct _psychotherapy_ at an expert level. My psychiatrist is trained to be a _medical doctor_ on all bases with additional expert knowledge in their sub field. While you may have a certain disdain for the field of psychiatry, attempting to devalue the importance of the balance they maintain for a patient stems from ignorance of what they do.
- dang 8y ago
  > patronizing stench That falls under what the site guidelines refer to as name-calling and ask you not to do. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
  - 3435355 8y ago
    Oh go fuck yourself. You arrogant assholes on HN love to shit all over psychology and related fields because it threatens your own towering egos. Meanwhile you're the ones in greatest need of psychiatric care.