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If experts were the problem, then it would be statistically obvious that people were worse after meeting experts or taking their advice, and better off before.
by KingMob 3y ago
If experts were the problem, then it would be statistically obvious that people were worse after meeting experts or taking their advice, and better off before.
But, that gets the order reversed. People seek mental health treatment after they already have a problem, not before.
It's much more likely that widespread effects are the cause: pollution, social media, poverty, capitalism, racism, etc.
- jtc331 3y agoActually a lot of it is increasingly proactive not reactive.
- geeB 3y agoI think what GP might be saying is that there is some risk associated with therapy (e.g. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/insight-therapy/202003/when-talking-doesnt-cure-negative-outcomes-in-therapy https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/insight-therapy/2020... —- not sure if it’s a good source but you can find plenty more with a search) and, if today we push therapy widely even for relatively minor issues, in those cases that would have fixed themselves with time it’s possible to get a negative outcome.