Tag: psychiatry
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Economic inequality and mental health
Economic inequality has grown worldwide, creating deep social and financial divisions. As the gap between the rich and poor continues to widen, economic opportunities shrink for many, and psychological well-being deteriorates. Mental health issues, including anxiety, depression, and severe psychiatric disorders, have become more prevalent as a result. In countries with high inequality, mental health…
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Sigmund Freud: Destruction of psychiatry
Sigmund Freud shaped psychiatry more than any other figure. His influence was enormous, yet it crippled the field for decades. Psychiatry, which should have been rooted in science, instead became a speculative mess. Freud’s ideas dominated despite their lack of evidence. His followers built a dogma around him. Critics were ignored, and alternative approaches struggled…
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There is no life after death: the ultimate guide
They say disprove there is life after death. Well, things are supposed to be proven, not disproven. The life after death is ingrained in nearly every culture. However, as scientific progress went further, the notion suddenly became increasingly obsolete. Not only do current science and analytic philosophy give you precious advice, but they also create…
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Science, money, the Industrial Revolution, and mental illness
The Industrial Revolution began in the late 18th century. It transformed societies. Factories replaced farms. Urbanization expanded. Technology advanced rapidly. Yet, psychiatry and psychology lagged behind. Why were mental health conditions like dementia praecox (an early term for schizophrenia) and Asperger’s syndrome identified much later? Thus, the answer lies in history, science, and society. Psychiatry:…
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Imagine if IQ was everything and an exact science
IQ is nearly everything. Imagine a group with respectively different average IQs: 60, 80, 100, 120, 140, 160. Now imagine being able to have a discussion with the members of the groups. It goes without saying you would be able to assign respective numbers to every group. There are extremely significant correlations between median average…
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Humanities educational minimum even if you hate humanities
I completely get it. You have an IQ of 145 and, a degree in engineering, like the Theory of general relativity, Number theory, quantum mechanics, and Set theory. But humanities? Because you hate humanities. As they say, humanities are for those less intellectually able. And while research requires an extremely high IQ, the exact sciences are objectively unmatched. I am not shy to…
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Putin is neither a psychopath nor has Asperger’s syndrome
As a person suffering from the disease that belongs to the autistic spectrum myself, I recall the old official American report claiming Vladimir Putin has Asperger’s syndrome. Leave the aspect that the report may have had some side intentions (discredit him in his official ranks etc.) and let’s take a look at the notion itself.…
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Paedo-psychiatry – total neglect vs. over-prescription
One of the few phenomena the US and Europe share is the enormously tragic state of paedo-psychiatry. I am a victim of it myself. My moderate depression, strong anxiety, OCD and stuttering, emotional flattening, autism and personality disorder were horribly neglected. I am wondering whether the appointments were worth it at all. But then we…
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Psychiatry, the dubious science
In the 1900’s there were automobiles, Einstein’s Theory of relativity, sophisticated mathematics, Newtonian physics, evolution theory, and then psychiatry. No hard evidence, no statistical evidence, just observance with all the observational biases. There was no schizophrenia but dementia praecox because of early onset and rapidly deteriorating cognitive deficits. Oh, wait! The cognitive deficits were remarkably…