Posted by alexandra_k on November 5, 2004, at 18:18:13
In reply to Re: Psychiatry should be replaced with neurology, posted by Sad Sara on November 5, 2004, at 16:48:28
> Yeah, me too! But maybe that is because after all, Freud was a psychiatrist and not a psychologist, and sometimes professional seems to prefer to "stick to their own", if you understand what I mean.
Yes, I think I do get what you mean. There is a history there...
>In my personal opinion, using a medication that seems to work on (lets say) 50% of the poeple who has a certain problem... without really knowing WHY the medication is working is not very scientific in my point of view ;-)
Sure, though I would argue that that doesn't make psychiatry (the medication side of it) unscientific. There is ongoing research into just how the medication has the effects that it does and there is the hope that we may be able to develop medications that are more specific in their effects. This process of ongoing research and experimentation is (I would argue) just what does make the medical side of psychiatry scientific.
Just my opinion of course :-)
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