Depression: Psychiatry's Discredited Theories and Drugs Versus a Sane Model and Approach
Psychiatry’s depression outcomes are poor because its treatments are based on a depression model that science has flushed down the toilet.
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Psychiatry’s depression outcomes are poor because its treatments are based on a depression model that science has flushed down the toilet.
To strip psychedelic use down to its chemicals is to de-radicalize its communal and anti-authoritarian roots.
The field is comprised of psychiatrists who primarily act as drug prescribers and justify their practices on the basis of "silly theories that are continually refuted," said the UCLA professor.
Psychiatry's defenders claim to be open to criticism, as long as it doesn't acknowledge the reality that psychiatry lacks scientific merit.
In contrast, the social-environmental variables “social support” and “childhood maltreatment” predicted depression with higher accuracy.