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by theoh 4346 days ago
The article definitely shows too much respect to psychiatry, which is much less rigorous than lay people often assume. Richard Bentall has written some accessible books debunking the supposedly scientific basis of diagnosis and treatment of mental illness. Compounding the lack of rigor, studies of creativity are generally at the frivolous and self-indulgent end of the field.