Posted by JahL on September 11, 2001, at 8:54:42
In reply to Re: Psychiatry into Neurology (long reply) » NLFAmerica, posted by Jane D on September 10, 2001, at 23:43:05
> >Current approaches in psychiatry are oftentimes ineffective at accurately diagnosing and successfully treating severe forms of mental illness. Much of the reason for this is psychiatry's strong residual base in psychology and not in real medical neuroscience.
> Jane (who thinks psychoanalysts were the plague of the 20th century)Don't have much to add other than to concur with the above statements. Overweening psychologists & their meddlesome ways have poisoned British psychiatry. IMHO, they, as well as chronic govt. underfunding of health are largely responsible for the terrible state of British mental health services (a malaise that has been frequently documented of late). It may well be 2001 but seemingly many of our pdocs here are yet to catch up.
J (who has been psychoanalysed to death; & not thru choice).
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