By: David Ross, M.Ed., LPCC
Ha! Readers, who doubt the humor of those posting on this site, take notice! This may rank as one of the best “pot calling the kettle black” instances in recent memory. Amen is frowned upon by his...
View ArticleBy: Mad In Vermont
They can see changes and differences in brains, but they can’t say how those changes came about. Falling in love changes the brain, family problems change the brain. And when they drug a brain they see...
View ArticleBy: Kermit Cole
Thank you for pointing out the humor. I had some more overt versions that referenced “the new phrenology,” but had to cut it back.
View ArticleBy: JeffreyC
This is what psychiatry and the NIMH get for fraudulently convincing the American public that mental illnesses were brain malfunctions/diseases. It was only a matter of time before some...
View ArticleBy: JeffreyC
I am certain that they thought of it first but they failed to produce enough proper pseudoscience to convince medicaid and insurance companies to let them bill for it.
View ArticleBy: JeffreyC
In fact that’s what I’m waiting for. We’re starting to see a trend toward medicaid and insurance companies using cheaper non-psychiatrists to prescribe drugs. Is it right around the corner that we see...
View ArticleBy: JeffreyC
I want to add some perspective by blending a true story with a what if. What if you had a kid who was diagnosed with ADD and you reluctantly put him on ritalin after receiving threats that he be taken...
View ArticleBy: Anonime
How scary are the comments attached to the article?! In relation to the critics response to this guy, the words “pot” “kettle” and “black” spring to mind…
View ArticleBy: Kermit Cole
Yes: it was particularly satisfying to see top names acknowledging that brain scans have shown nothing dispositive.
View ArticleBy: Stephen Gilbert
Psychiatry is bereft of morals or ethics at this point. I can’t understand how any of them can go home at night and look themselves squarely in the eye in the mirror. They have no self-respect at all....
View ArticleBy: Steve
Well, as reprehensible as he is, at least Amen is TRYING to find some test – these guys who are criticizing him are using paper-and-pencil CHECKLISTS to diagnose people! They have a lot of nerve...
View ArticleBy: Stephen Gilbert
Whether they’re doing it with paper checklists or with fancy machines the fact is that tey’re just playing games and none of it has any validity. Some day all of them will be exposed for the frauds and...
View ArticleBy: David Ross, M.Ed., LPCC
Jeff, This is in fact what I’m hearing/reading from a policy and funding perspective. “Funders” are coming to the conclusion that medical school isn’t necessary to follow a flowchart of medication...
View ArticleBy: JeffreyC
I don’t find it scary. I’m extremely glad that it’s happening for aforementioned reasons. Now we can sit back and see what psychiatry does. Do they continue promoting the drugs as effective even though...
View ArticleBy: Scott Miller
Eugenics people. That is what it is all about. The more i study and investigate this world the more steadfast i am in the belief that this world is run by very sick people. All of psychiatry is a scam....
View ArticleBy: Stephen Gilbert
It’s not the first time that psychiatry carried out a policy of eugenics. They sided with the Nazis with no problem and sent thousands of people to their deaths. The toxic drugs that they state are...
View ArticleBy: Altostrata
I don’t see why psychiatric drugs aren’t dispensed via electronic questionnaires and vending machines. They can follow those flowcharts as well as any physician assistant.
View ArticleBy: Altostrata
I suspect Amen knows very well that his SPECT scans don’t reveal any diagnosis. The treatments his clinics provide are the same-old same-old drug cocktails one can get from any run-of-the-mill...
View ArticleBy: Altostrata
Not only Amen’s SPECT scans, but the fancier fMRI scans showing up in psychiatry journal articles are nothing but high-tech phrenology. There’s so much noise in those scans researchers can read...
View ArticleBy: David Ross, M.Ed., LPCC
Indeeed! If you can roll a fatty, you can certainly pop a Seroquel.
View ArticleBy: Steve
The PET scans measure ACTIVITY rather than structure. The cause of an increase or decrease in activity is never known or even sought out. Of course, the testing is also based on our set of “known...
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