Why Psychiatry Isn't Scientific (For Laymen) - r/Antipsychiatry
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/520880

It’s pretty simple to figure once I had a change in perspective; I really wish I figured this out earlier.

  •  graphito   ( @graphito@beehaw.org ) 
    4•2 years ago

    I kind of don’t understand the argument. Yes, social sciences are often not as robust as math or physics. What’s the conclusion here?

    Psychiatry shouldn’t exist? All the research should stop and all patients diagnosed with schizophrenia, bipolar, self harm, depression should be “left alone” (i.e. untreated)?

    •  Amicese   ( @Amicchan@lemmy.ml ) OP
      4•2 years ago

      I kind of don’t understand the argument. Yes, social sciences are often not as robust as math or physics. What’s the conclusion here?

      The conclusion is that psychiatry is not a hard science.

      Psychiatry shouldn’t exist? All the research should stop and all patients diagnosed with schizophrenia, bipolar, self harm, depression should be “left alone” (i.e. untreated)?

      The post never made any suggestions on what should happen to those demographics. It just explains why psychiatry is not a hard science.