Posted by bob on May 30, 2000, at 22:46:48
In reply to Re: So, what's your point?, posted by Ginny on May 30, 2000, at 13:34:17
> I don’t pretend to have the human mind entirely figured out. My point is attenuated: Freudian theory is mistaken. Furthermore, I would agree with you that efficacy trumps, or precedes, understanding. Nobody has any idea how or why ECT “works,” but I can testify that it saved my bacon.
Then all I suggest is that you not put all your eggs in one basket. There is an expansive literature base out there on studies that demonstrate what therapy can or cannot do, whether Freudian to any degree or not, and carried out following an appropriate set of scientific ground rules.
Tossing the lot because of what Freud wrote about 100 years ago is hardly a scientific approach to examining the issue of what talk therapy can achieve. I mean, skepticism *is* a virtue, but your objectivity is slipping.
On the other hand, one good read around this board might give one pause in just how much efficacy should be ascribed to "cures" coming out of the medical model of investigating and treating brain disorders.
cheers,
bob
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