From Mad in Norway: Psychology as a field of knowledge is closer to philosophy than medicine, and is far from being a precise, scientific discipline. Descriptions of causal relationships and selection of “evidence-based” approaches are little more than qualified guesswork with a certain statistical probability of hitting the target. Qualities and characteristics of individual stories cannot be operationalized and quantified with any form of precision or objective neutrality. The psychiatric diagnosis is a medical theoretical construct with limited epistemic validity. Psychiatric diagnoses are hypotheses and not proof of the existence of real diseases.
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“I’m not a therapist. I am only a conversational partner with certain, specific knowledge that can sometimes be very useful. Conversations can be encouraging, give hope and motivation, increased acceptance or possible alternatives for action.” – Sensible man.
Good that there is at least someone in this world in the mental health profession who understands this and thinks this way.
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