Posted by tabitha on June 23, 2002, at 3:34:36
In reply to P.S., posted by mist on June 23, 2002, at 0:42:37
I agree, it's pointless to make this issue an either/or. Doing so just shows that old cognitive distortion, black & white thinking.
I suspect people on the extreme pro-neurology side are profoundly uncomfortable with the murky, personal, subjective, "soft" science of psychology. Or they've had bad personal experiences with therapists.
Whenever someone has an extreme position on some impersonal issue that they defend fiercely with logic I immediately assume it's standing in for some personal issue they'd rather not face. That's my bias.
I had a weird discussion with a friend, who's a therapist and anti-med. He told me it's because the science behind medication is bad. I understand no one knows for sure how meds work, but he seems to think there's no proof they work (not true, many double-blind studies show otherwise). This from a guy who believes in multiple chemical sensitivity, which is far behind psych meds in medical acceptance. Just goes to show, people will use science illogically. My analysis, this guy is afraid to admit any biological basis for human mental functioning, it threatens his personal sense of control (or the legitimacy of his work)?
It's so fun to speculate about Other People's Issues, isn't it? ;)
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