is psychiatry a fake science?

[Fidel_Castronaut]

Psychiatry is tricky because it's the closest science comes to abstract ideas like our own consciousness.

That being said, yes, there are absolutely psychiatrical findings and there's undoubtedly science behind it. I mean, the NFL has been doing a tremendous amount of work over the past few years studying the effect concussions have on long term mental health and the research being done isn't just guess work; it's psychiatry.

Got to concur with the latter part.

There's been a lot of work here too in the UK on concussions in sports players (ruggers and football specifically) and it would appear there is a growing amount of data on the negative consequences on sustained concussions and the impact it can have on one's 'self'.