| Oh, let me hear the psychiatrist who has a new plan to overcome addiction with his bag of tricks. People worship modern psychiatry/psychology as this scientific insight into the human mind that has finally done away with superstition and religion, and can accurately (and repeatably) tell us what's happening with people suffering from various mental ailments, and how to fix it. But for some reason, every time a shooting spree happens, we all scratch our heads and ponder who could have seen this coming, and bury the fact that the majority of the shooters are on SSRI's and a host of other medication. What happened to our superior understanding of the human mind? Shouldn't modern psychiatry and psychology be able to identify people at risk of shooting sprees? Or at least point back at the missed signs? Why are they so silent on this? It's because when you peek behind the curtain, you find they're just a form of culturally acceptable medicine men. "Here, take these pills and it will solve all your issues! No we don't have any idea what 'chemical imbalance' is happening, or even if it's happening, but that's beside the point! Do not question the great and mighty Oz!" If you ask me, they aren't fixing the problem with young men, they're perpetuating it. Maybe address that before throwing mud on 12 step programs. |
Can you please cite a source for this?
>It's because when you peek behind the curtain, you find they're just a form of culturally acceptable medicine men. "Here, take these pills and it will solve all your issues! No we don't have any idea what 'chemical imbalance' is happening, or even if it's happening, but that's beside the point! Do not question the great and mighty Oz!"
This is an incredibly broad blanket generalization that is not accurate.