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In reply to the discussion: New Psychiatrist. [View all]

mopinko

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11. i'd like to see all evidence of freud rooted out of psychiatry.
Mon Apr 16, 2012, 09:58 AM
Apr 2012

his insights were amazing at the time, and he took a giant leap forward from calling people possessed, etc. but that was a century ago. we know so much more now, especially about the hard wiring of the brain and the genetics of personality. there is no tabula rasa. there never was. anyone who thought that could not possibly come to correct conclusions.
when i see freud worship in a therapist, i run.

as far as eastern medicine, i do think that meditation is a valuable technique that can be very useful to people with a wide range of mental illnesses.
i do not, however, think it is a good substitute for the care of a competent professional.

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