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The reality is that Psychology and Psychiatry are not built on top of science and are in no way legitimate studies of science or medicine. They have a loose car
by ecshafer 4y ago
The reality is that Psychology and Psychiatry are not built on top of science and are in no way legitimate studies of science or medicine. They have a loose cargo culting of science, built on some philosophy of the mind, but they are illegitimate and given far too much credence in our modern day society. The fields have basically 0 studies that have been reproduced in the last 100 years, have no theories that can be proven as per mechanism, just some loose studies on a few people with surveys.
- antisthenes 4y agoThey are useful though to get a differing opinion in a comforting way. I saw a grief counsellor that really helped me get through the bad event in a way that my untrained friends were not able to. Did I care in the moment about reproducible studies? Probably not. But would I trust the same professional to medicate my children based on some hyped-up diagnosis? Also most likely not.