Comments on: Psychology vs. Psychiatry

By: mysteriomo

mysteriomo — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 09:12:17 +0000

but psychiatrists …
but psychiatrists get paid to diagnose and administer drugs, while psychologists are paid analyse and counsel (if they’re working with people) -it’s all about the money ^^ (joke)

By: IronMongoose1

IronMongoose1 — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 09:12:17 +0000

This is absurd. …
This is absurd. Plenty of psychiatrists acknowledge the importance of multimodal treatment including counseling, lifestyle changes, social systems, etc.

Worst strawman argument EVER.

By: dphillip87

dphillip87 — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 09:12:17 +0000

A little …
A little clarification.
Psychiatrists can have an M.D. (Allopathic physician) or D.O. (Osteopathic physician)

Psychologists can have a Ph.D. (Doctor of Philosopy), a Psy.D. (Doctor of Psychology), or even an Ed.D. (Doctor of Education) depending on the school they attended.

By: mysteriomo

mysteriomo — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 09:12:16 +0000

Yes, he is …
Yes, he is generalizing and going to the extreme. He can’t claim to know what people believe, and shouldn’t. I can see how he’s offensive with that, perhaps because a lot of people say that psychologists aren’t real doctors since they haven’t gone to medical school.

I guess he could have just said that psychiatrists tend to focus on the biological since that’s what they’re mostly trained in, while psychologists tend to focus on mental states since that’s what they’re mostly trained in.

By: IronMongoose1

IronMongoose1 — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 09:12:16 +0000

@mysteriomo It’s …
@mysteriomo It’s fair enough to say that economics affects the way in which people practice their profession. That is unarguable. However, this guy’s indictment of psychiatrists is absolutely offensive. He as a psychologist, of all people, should understand the Fundamental Attribution Error: psychiatrists spend more time with diagnosis and prescription because of the circumstances imposed on them, not their own beliefs or inclinations.

2 of the psychotherapists I respect most are psychiatrists.

By: kevinneslund

kevinneslund — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 09:12:15 +0000

An Osteopath treats …
An Osteopath treats conditions of the bones. A psychiatrist does not treat any bodily organs or conditions. They talk to people.

By: CalmedNutHead

CalmedNutHead — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 09:12:15 +0000

place subtitles …
place subtitles plus a sober person to speak for this man

By: kevinneslund

kevinneslund — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 09:12:14 +0000

Little goosey: …
Little goosey: Your psychological projecting needs attending to little buddy. Once again, while you yourself are sharpening up on just exactly what a straw-man fallacy is, you’d be well-served to look up what a metaphor is as well, in regards to the use of the word “treating” someone (medically) by “talking” with them. Physicians, or anyone for that matter, don’t administer medical “treatment” by chatting with someone, just like you’ll never come down with a case of “Spring fever”.

By: IronMongoose1

IronMongoose1 — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 09:12:14 +0000

@kevinneslund
If …
@kevinneslund
If you’re having trouble understanding my post maybe you should just look up “strawman fallacy”, you dumbass.

By: kevinneslund

kevinneslund — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 09:12:14 +0000

It might prove …
It might prove advantageous were you to actually know what a straw man fallacy is. Hit the books big shooter and attend to your auto-erotic mildly homosexual self-defense videos.