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postatomic

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4. Who isn't an expert these days?

Reply to HereSince1628 (Reply #2)

Mon Jul 8, 2013, 10:00 PM

Jul 2013

The one thing that stood out for me....

The best psychiatrists are not coming up with abstract rules that homogenize treatments. They are combining an awareness of common patterns with an acute attention to the specific circumstances of a unique human being. They certainly are not inventing new diseases in order to medicalize the moderate ailments of the worried well.

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Heroes of Uncertainty [View all] postatomic Jul 2013 OP

I agree olddots Jul 2013 #1

I honestly don't know why postatomic Jul 2013 #3

Many folks seriously distrust clinical psychology, add in Allen Frances' HereSince1628 Jul 2013 #2

Who isn't an expert these days? postatomic Jul 2013 #4

Yet that quote hangs on Brooks being expert enough to recognize the 'best' psychiatrists HereSince1628 Jul 2013 #5

PTSD has changed names a lot though. Neoma Jul 2013 #6

Yes, but maybe not... HereSince1628 Jul 2013 #7