2Hip2BSquare
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And psychopathology and ADHD are all the rage. I can't tell you about the numbers of children prescribed legalised speed for faulty parenting. It just made the kids crazy and worse with all that bad parenting on top.
Now we have adult speed addictions everywhere created by a questionable medical system, with poor diagnostic skills. And no full real disclosure of familial backgrounds.
I hope my head-shaking is meaningful in terms of professional diagnosis.
4:100 people will meet the criteria for ASPD, and most of them will be men, is it an over or under inflated number?
I think women are represented by much smaller numbers, and face very very different positions in society, along with expectations of very outdated traditional values of 'female' behaviour.
Or is it an easy target for labelling without full disclosure of significant circumstances and diagnostic skills again?
What I perceived to be a 'truth' appears very different from the majority of 'truths'. It may be that my professional focus on individuals in context is not favoured by many - just as the individual pathology of one person is not favoured by me, when in all likelihood there could reasonably be two, but I may never find out.
I am trained to always enquire about the psycho/sociological impacts on individuals, beyond their individual analysis, to include social analysis, otherwise my job is only ever halfway there. I recognise that many people may differ, but each has it's own valid points.
But I can't do it any other way as much as people resist thinking my way.
I feel just as strongly.
Sorry I keep straying over into philosophical la la land but justify it, as psychology is built on philosophy not science.![]()
Psychology is a science. Psychiatrists are Medically trained doctors. They understand the brain and human behavior/thought from a scientific level, not philosophical. Graphs, statistics, tests, CT scans, etc.
There are philosophical elements, but more in a psych Being versed with patients of many different creeds/strata and their perception of their world (world view). But that Is more about therapy, not diagnosis. IMHO
But philosophy is important and it's great that we utilize it as a form of therapy, sharing ideas and trying to make sense of life/tragedy in a thoughtful civilized manner!
IMHO