Posted by OldSchool on February 24, 2002, at 14:44:58
In reply to Psychiatrists are Lazy .... again! » OldSchool, posted by spike4848 on February 24, 2002, at 10:56:06
> And back to the "psychiatrist are lazy", in medical school most students who went on to psychiatry were at the bottom my class or foreign graduates and wanted to go into psych because of the easy lifestyle. One person actually told me, "I am doing Psychiatry and I will never get sued .... do you think they will believe someone who is CRAZY over me."
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> I personally do not wanted to be treated by someone who is an underachiever and lazy by nature.
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> Spike
My problem with psychiatry, and the entire mental health profession in general, is that these people just are barking up the wrong tree. Where is the Neurology? Where is the brain science behind this stuff? I dont think there is any. I just have a problem with the whole entire way this stuff is thought of. Thats my beef.Im like "HEY...I am physically sick here. My illness is real." And the typical response you get is its a "psychological" problem, then the next time you turn around you read pharmaceutical company ads for antidepressants claiming that depression is a medical problem, controllable via medication. LOL
If its a medical problem, then WHY are we being diagnosed with psychology?
Ive noticed that the researchers into this new depression treatment stuff like VNS, rTMS and functional neuroimaging refer to these problems as "Neuropsychiatric disease." I think thats a step in the right direction. But Id really like to see the psychiatric word dropped completely.
Words like "psychiatric," "psychological," "emotional," and most of all "behavioral" should all be dropped totally by the mental health community. Instead these problems should be referred to as "Neuropsychiatric" problems or hell just "Neurological" problems.
I cringe with irritation when I see signs advertising mental health clinics or hospitals that have "behavioral" in them. Makes me wanna puke. I guess my medical illness of major depression is a "behavioral" problem huh? LOL
We all have "behavioral" problems because we cant sleep good, lose weight without trying, lose our sex drives and become stupid as shit from cognitive deterioration! LOL HAHAHAHAH!!!
Old Schol
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