Psychiatrists under fire in mental health battle
There is no scientific evidence that psychiatric diagnoses such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder are valid or useful, according to the leading body representing Britain's clinical psychologists.
Okay, I can agree with that. But this- this is driving off the other side of the road-
In a groundbreaking move that has already prompted a fierce backlash from psychiatrists, the British Psychological Society's division of clinical psychology (DCP) will on Monday issue a statement declaring that, given the lack of evidence, it is time for a "paradigm shift" in how the issues of mental health are understood. The statement effectively casts doubt on psychiatry's predominantly biomedical model of mental distress – the idea that people are suffering from illnesses that are treatable by doctors using drugs. The DCP said its decision to speak out "reflects fundamental concerns about the development, personal impact and core assumptions of the (diagnosis) systems", used by psychiatry.No, just because classifying those illnesses according to symptoms and taking psychoactive drugs hasn't been helpful - does NOT provide any reason for you to claim that your paradigm is better. Your efficacy rate is frakking abysmal. You barely prove significant correlation most of the time.
THEIR FAILURE IS NOT A VALIDATION OF YOUR BULLSHIT.
The evidence for biological causes of mental illness is independent of the classification system. Try Medline, it's free.
This just corroborates my hypothesis that psychologists have serious cognitive dysfunction.
