“By embracing the technology-worship “religion,” psychiatry is permitted to ignore the reality of its repeated failures.“ This article by Dr. Bruce …
Why Failed Psychiatry Lives On: Its Industrial Complex, Politics, & Technology Worship
—— Mental health does not necessarily involve a psyche. btw.
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One response to “:: Why Failed Psychiatry Lives On: Its Industrial Complex, Politics, & Technology Worship”
I was just thinking about this topic today. I think the modern world of abstract thought, symbols, numbers, as well as the physical barriers that separate us from nature will keep psychology grasping at straws trying to cure the problem with more of the same.