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Ok well, in defense of the soft sciences on that one. Psychiatry is a medical profession. They are medical doctors. Psychologists don't prescribe medicine. M
by kemiller2002 8y ago
Ok well, in defense of the soft sciences on that one. Psychiatry is a medical profession. They are medical doctors. Psychologists don't prescribe medicine. More over, they can't prescribe medicine. Also, I'd love to see what research you're reading where psychologists determine "whole races of people" will always be in poverty. That's a new one to me.
- man-and-laptop 8y agoIn the UK, they can encourage you to take certain kinds of medication. I've seen them get quite pushy with this. They can't force you unless you get committed.
- DanBC 8y agoPsychologists can never force someone to take medication, even if that person is detained under the act. ("Sectioned". We don't use committed over here.
- man-and-laptop 8y agoAgain, I never said that psychologists could prescribe medication. I only talked about psychiatrists. I think I may have misread the parent post. > ("Sectioned". We don't use committed over here. OK
- SketchySeaBeast 8y agoYou're still not clearly defining who "they" are - psychologist or psychiatrists?
- man-and-laptop 8y agoI was referring to psychiatrists. I never claimed that psychologists could prescribe medication.
- SketchySeaBeast 8y agoIt would be nice if you pointed out your edits on your comments as you made them, and kept the original message up - you're making large claims (including that psychology is being used present day to justify racism), but you're really ruining any ability to have a dialogue if you continually edit and adjust your statements.