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In other words, a mental disorder is largely based on the analysis of reality, namely, on consistant patterns in one's mental behavior that prevent certain common acivaties from being performed. While a diagnosis in this context certainly is not infailable, and may sometimes be distorted by external factors, you absolutely cannot say that it is not based in reality, nor that is is not based on science. The fact that the section on this page "Psychiatric Diagnoses" lacks any sort of citation ought to show the amont of misinformation that is presently being spread. | In other words, a mental disorder is largely based on the analysis of reality, namely, on consistant patterns in one's mental behavior that prevent certain common acivaties from being performed. While a diagnosis in this context certainly is not infailable, and may sometimes be distorted by external factors, you absolutely cannot say that it is not based in reality, nor that is is not based on science. The fact that the section on this page "Psychiatric Diagnoses" lacks any sort of citation ought to show the amont of misinformation that is presently being spread. | ||
Psychiatrists themselves are required, at least in the United States of America, to study for nearly a decade on a vast number of medical and psychological topics, and are furthermore required to pass a great number of examinations in order to be granted to ability to be employed in that | Psychiatrists themselves are required, at least in the United States of America, to study for nearly a decade on a vast number of medical and psychological topics, and are furthermore required to pass a great number of examinations in order to be granted to ability to be employed in that particular field. According to BestAccreditedColleges, which commonly gives accurate and factual descriptions of technical careers | ||
''"Psychiatrists are doctors who address their patients' mental and emotional health care needs. They may work in a hospital setting or private practice. Practicing psychiatrists have completed medical school as well as a supervised internship and residency. They must also be licensed and certified in order to practice their work."'' [<small>[https://bestaccreditedcolleges.org/articles/psychiatrist.html source]]</small> | ''"Psychiatrists are doctors who address their patients' mental and emotional health care needs. They may work in a hospital setting or private practice. Practicing psychiatrists have completed medical school as well as a supervised internship and residency. They must also be licensed and certified in order to practice their work."'' [<small>[https://bestaccreditedcolleges.org/articles/psychiatrist.html source]]</small> | ||
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To claim, or atleast insinuate that psychiatrists are simply these "evil people" that want to drug the poor and who do not care about science is not only a gross distortion of the truth, it is itself an insult to science as a whole. | To claim, or atleast insinuate that psychiatrists are simply these "evil people" that want to drug the poor and who do not care about science is not only a gross distortion of the truth, it is itself an insult to science as a whole. | ||
The other parts of the page, notably the "Reputation" section, are completely biased and false. Anti-psychiatry, atleast to the extent in which the page promotes it, | The other parts of the page, notably the "Reputation" section, are completely biased and false. Anti-psychiatry, atleast to the extent in which the page promotes it, is by all measures not accepted in mainstream medical circles, which in a scientific context, is almost always indicative of a fringe theory or pseudo-science. I understand that ProleWiki does not maintain a Wikipedia-like "Neutral Point of View", which I think is commonly a postive thing, but this should be a different case entirely. This page cites merely a few fringe and intellectually dubious voices, and totally ignores the vast majority of the medical community on this matter, in order to confirm a long-standing bias. This is not science, nor is it vaild from a scientific view, this is the exact tactic of Biblical Creationists and Climate Change Deniers - ignore all reasonable and common academic consensus, and only focus on a single, fringe, "scholar" who agrees with you without proof of a scientific claim, in order to justify an Anti-scientific claim. | ||
Finally, I feel that it is impossible, and additionally irresponsible, to not mention a metaphorical elephant in the room: This page has entirely been created, and further edited by a single user, {{FlowMention|Amicchan}}, previously known on ProleWki as "PrivacyIsImportantComrade...". | Finally, I feel that it is impossible, and additionally irresponsible, to not mention a metaphorical elephant in the room: This page has entirely been created, and further edited by a single user, {{FlowMention|Amicchan}}, previously known on ProleWki as "PrivacyIsImportantComrade...". | ||
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This person has promoted Anti-psychiatry, and has been very active on Anti-psychiatry communities, on a number of social media platforms, particularly Lemmygrad, before they were banned for reasons I will soon adress. | This person has promoted Anti-psychiatry, and has been very active on Anti-psychiatry communities, on a number of social media platforms, particularly Lemmygrad, before they were banned for reasons I will soon adress. | ||
On Lemmygrad, they had actively espoused Anti-scientific and generally Anti-intellectual rhetoric, using terms such as "Scientism" <small>[[https://lemmygrad.ml/post/364707 source]]</small> (a term which is almost always used by Christian Extremists and Flat-Earthers to make science seem like a "religion"), claiming that psychiatric diagnosis is a "myth" <small>[[https://lemmygrad.ml/post/370793 source]]</small>, posting content which suggests that psychiatrists are rapists and mental abusers <small>[[https://lemmygrad.ml/post/368364 source]]</small>, spreading a research paper which contains discredited | On Lemmygrad, they had actively espoused Anti-scientific and generally Anti-intellectual rhetoric, using terms such as "Scientism" <small>[[https://lemmygrad.ml/post/364707 source]]</small> (a term which is almost always used by Christian Extremists and Flat-Earthers to make science seem like a "religion"), claiming that psychiatric diagnosis is a "myth" <small>[[https://lemmygrad.ml/post/370793 source]]</small>, posting content which suggests that psychiatrists are rapists and mental abusers <small>[[https://lemmygrad.ml/post/368364 source]]</small>, spreading a research paper which contains discredited assertions and harmful misinformation from thirty years ago which they failed to even read themselves <small>[[https://lemmygrad.ml/post/367002/comment/275850 source]]</small>, and even claiming that ADHD and Autism (which is a condition which arises before or during birth) were "Scientism", and further claiming that those very serious and proven disorders were "facts of culture" and "not based in the material world". <small>[[https://lemmygrad.ml/post/364708 source]]</small> With this user's lack of factual claims, Anti-intellectualism, and borderline ableist and denialist ideas about medical conditions, they have since been banned from Lemmygrad, and their rhetoric, along with the [https://lemmygrad.ml/c/antipsychiatry Anti-psychiatry community] itself on Lemmygrad, are the subject of ongoing [https://lemmygrad.ml/post/368618 controversy] within the website. | ||
This user clearly has a vested interest in, and bias towards, Anti-psychiatry, and the spreading of it. Already, from merely looking at this user's [[Special:Contributions/Amicchan|contributions]], nearly all of their edits have been on this page (which they clearly made solely to promote Anti-psychiatry), [[Anti-psychiatry]], the [[American Psychiatric Association]], or on uploading a library work titled "[[Library:Psychiatric Hegemony: A Marxist Theory of Mental Illness|Psychiatric Hegemony: A Marxist Theory of Mental Illness]]". | This user clearly has a vested interest in, and bias towards, Anti-psychiatry, and the spreading of it. Already, from merely looking at this user's [[Special:Contributions/Amicchan|contributions]], nearly all of their edits have been on this page (which they clearly made solely to promote Anti-psychiatry), [[Anti-psychiatry]], the [[American Psychiatric Association]], or on uploading a library work titled "[[Library:Psychiatric Hegemony: A Marxist Theory of Mental Illness|Psychiatric Hegemony: A Marxist Theory of Mental Illness]]". | ||