Psychology has adopted the scientific mode. However, from a strictly scientific point of view, it has not been able to meet the requirements of true science.
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Anonymous2008-06-27 4:59
It requiers you to have faith in your psychiatrists knowledge and ability to be effective. Would you go to a psychiatrist you didn't trust? This is different from medicine. When you go in for surgery, eveyone knows there's a chance you might die, but you don't have to trust your surgeon for their ability to be effective.
When you see a psychiatrist, you're trusting them to know your mind, which is a -little- more accurate than a priest who knows your soul. In other words, for a psychiatrist to be effective, you have to have faith in them, and their ability to help you, otherwise you'll ignore them.
You gotta have faith.
Go see a psychiatrist you don't trust for help, and tell me again about the "faith requirement". Since they're not human, they'd never be judgmental. Oh wait...