These laws are flawed. — Qwex
Is modern psychology flawed? — Qwex
Modern psychology includes hundreds of approaches, different opinions about treatment, diagnosis, causes and more. I would also say it seems like your posts are more concerned with psychiatry than modern psychology in general.Is modern psychology flawed? — Qwex
What do you mean by 'mental malfunctioning'.Psychologists pin all mental illnesses on mental malfunctioning. — Qwex
Mental illness could be both mental malfunctionng AND statistical anomolies.My argument is that mental illnesses are, most of the time, statistical anomalies. — Qwex
Though compared to pre-Reagan, not very many. What country are we talking about?Mental Health laws force medication on some mentally ill people. — Qwex
You are saying that in your particular case, the treatment you have received, in this case a medication, is not working for you. Unless we are expecting perfection, this does not mean that psychology, or pharmacological treatments for mental illness, is flawed. I mean, I am extremely critical of the current over-medication of people and the general use of the chemical imbalance model for treatment emotional pain and more. But, it seems like you are trying to draw very broad conclusions from a single case. Your own.Evidence: antipsychotics target a neuroreceptor called Dopamine.
Evidence: I'm on antipsychotic medication by law.
Partial Evidence: It has done nothing. Try a different one would be psychology advice.
Conclusion: it's a flaw in psychology. — Qwex
Psychologists pin all mental illnesses on mental malfunctioning.
My argument is that mental illnesses are, most of the time, statistical anomalies.
The latter is that, if I crashed my car, it was a car fault.
If I have a mental illness, it is a mind fault. Is modern psychology flawed? — Qwex
I'm not saying the medication is flawed.
I'm saying the law that forces medication (in the UK at least) is flawed. It treats too many cases the same way, and could be improved. There's a wealth of knowledge we're missing - I hoped to change that. — Qwex
In this case, I don't understand. Which is unusual.
You seem to contradict yourself. It might be a neuron firing - it's thus the firer and neuron which are possible reasons.
Some car crashes are due to flat tires. — Qwex
Are you really a psychologist, Isaac? That's cool, what area do you work in? — BitconnectCarlos
If someone comes to a psychologist with, say depression, they can hardly say "Oh, that's because you don't have any meaningful employment, let me just pop off and get you a really rewarding job, back in a minute". — Isaac
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