> The problem is that we are seriously limited in what we can actually do/use if we base psychology entirely on this premise. Yes, that's true, but current eve

> The problem is that we are seriously limited in what we can actually do/use if we base psychology entirely on this premise. Yes, that's true, but current events suggest that the remedy is not to claim that psychology is scientific on dubious grounds, but instead to shift focus to neuroscience, see where a more biological approach will take us. This happens to be the NIMH director's view as well. > We haven't fully mapped out the brain, we don't know about all the neurotransmitters out there, and we don't even know what fMRI shows us exactly, so we gotta be realistic with our expectations given our current limitations. But that's not psychology, that's neuroscience. Psychology is the study of the mind, not the brain, and the mind is not accessible to brain scanners. > ... however the past thread I linked to makes me weary about pursuing this discussion further. Perfectly understandable. In any case, recent events like the NIMH director's decision to phase out the DSM make anything we choose to say rather unimportant.