truthisaliar2 (July 26, 2008 at 5:10 pm)

Shrinks are all the SAME , they all think the same , they all talk the same lingo. They all gather and share INFORMATION. They are all trained to be the same . Just like a dog. They are just like pavlo's dog. They play fetch, fetch information . Trained garbage fetching dogs

ScientologyWisdom (July 22, 2008 at 8:59 pm)

Thanks for this.

makaldasa (July 12, 2008 at 10:02 pm)

there are in fact tests and cures for mental disorders. But it is true that many disorders are only now beginning to be understood. It wasn't until ingestible cameras that small bowel bleeding had a test (a few years ago). That test is still not very good, but just because you don't have a test doesn't mean that the disease doesn't exist.

LayDaWood (July 12, 2008 at 3:24 am)

the reason there is no tests currently for mental illnesses like schizophrenia is because the science of psychiatry is evolving into biology-based "neuropsychiatry"--the mystery of the brain is being biologically mapped out as we speak; you must remember that all sciences started out as pseudoscience, like alchemy evolved into chemistry. it just takes longer for psychiatry because the mystery of the brain is the most complex and last frontier of humanity.

LayDaWood (July 12, 2008 at 3:24 am)

i apologize if i come off as patronizing, but you must realize there is strong evidence to support my argument. for instance, schizophrenia is known to have biological cause. there is strong evidence of heritability of the disorder, meaning genetic predisposition. secondly, there is strong evidence of dopamine hyperactivity and neurological deficits in specific areas of the brains of schizophrenic patients.

EmilyGreene1984 (July 11, 2008 at 11:32 pm)

And I was there to help them along on their journey into that area, sadly one of them died as a result of a cocktail of psychiatric drugs which the shrink failed to recognize. (But that's a different area all together) As well as taking a few seminars into the field for roughly about 8 months, I can say that I definitely have some knowledge about the subject. I will say that perhaps I didn't correctly put my thoughts down on paper, so to speak. I will write down a more thoughtout review later.

EmilyGreene1984 (July 11, 2008 at 11:29 pm)

Thank you for your "concern", but I did study psychiatry and psychology in high school and college for a year, before I gave it up to pursue my current career in music. (I personally find it much more rewarding :)) As well as that I had a couple friends and their families, who had their own troubles and opted to treat them by going to see a psychiatrist, psychologist, etc. (Only one of them decided against that option and resolved their problem on their own)

makaldasa (July 11, 2008 at 10:29 pm)

Emily, I suggest you volunteer at a state hospital's psych ward. I did this for a summer and it was a great experience. I think that if you did that-- and then came back and read your posts-- you would find them a bit on the naive side. This is not an insult-- most people have a very poor understanding of mental illness... so do I, but I'm a lumbering soul trying to fly.

EmilyGreene1984 (July 11, 2008 at 4:03 pm)

And lastly, there are people in this world who have handled problems or whatever type of trauma within their lives without the use of medication or believing that they have a problem. Well, guess what - they don't have one. If someone has trouble with their own self image, dealing with tragedy, it usually indicates NOT a mental illness, but a thing called emotional maturity.

EmilyGreene1984 (July 11, 2008 at 3:54 pm)

Another thing is that there is such a thing as bad behaviour, even if you have had a wonderful childhood. Alot of the people that I have seen, who are labelled mentally ill, have already done crimes or are willing to commit crimes. Why? The simple truth to that is either the person was not raised in a family that accepts moral and social responibilities (i.e - bad parenting) or the person is essentially a bad person, in needing of not medication but justice for what crimes they have committed.