(March 7, 2014 at 1:30 pm)rsb Wrote: Hi, as a hard scientist I have absolutely 0 confidence in the snake oil of the entire field. I am not alone, the DSM is no longer accepted as evidence in many courts, as being unreliable pseudoscience. If courts and lawyers (not exactly rocket surgeonsthink it is BS, imagine how bad it really must be. There is only 1 test the MMPI that has had any statistically valid, but perhaps not scientifically valid study. There is absolutely 0 probability that the test you took is scientifically valid and not just a self promotion tool by a crooked snake oil salesman to sell his own services. Run, don't walk, away. If you have problems address them directly, at the source, such as interpersonal problems become better at relating to people, substance addiction, stop using, economic, be more greedy and seek additional options, etc. The simplest and direct answer is usually valid, don't believe bs that is sold to you any more than religion. If this is related to legal troubles search under google for Doubert test or Doubert hearing for the applicable federal law establishing most of this as legally unreliable.
Funny thing about "legally unreliable," are you aware that the Social Security Administration views the DSM as perfectly legitimate in providing a basis for being considered disabled as long as certain standards are met by the individual?
Also, rocket surgeons...?
Now, how do you figure I deal with my interpersonal problems and become better at relating to people, how do I stop using, how do I teach myself to become more economic and greedier and all that shit?
What's your magical answer? Or is it going to end up sounding exactly like what the psychological therapy course will run? And as I have stated before on this site; tell the whole "you can just deal with it on your own!" thing to schizophrenics. I'm sure they can work out their hallucinations and delusions and psychotic episodes on their own if they just attack the source.
Finally, it's amusing you say you're a hard scientist, and then say there is 0 chance of something. That's what a not-scientist would say. Remember, there are no certainties of anything in the realm of science, no absolutes.
Psychology and psychiatry are valid practices of medicine. People undergoing treatment through them quite often see improvement in the functioning of their daily lives, whereas people who try to power through their problems on their own typically end up falling apart. This is not a discussion I am having again. Either give me the information I requested, or don't post in this thread.
