BARELY A SCIENCE, "IF IT IS A SCIENCE AT ALL". If you think that psychiatry and psychology are "hard" sciences, I strongly suggest you take the time to read this illuminating and disturbing two-part article by psychologist Lauren Slater.
She begins by recounting a now-famous experiment, a "trick" if you will, that took place 30 years ago:
In 1972, David Rosenhan, a newly minted psychologist with a joint degree in law, called eight friends and said something like, "Are you busy next month? Would you have... [The Light of Reason]
A very interesting post on the validity (or lack thereof) of psychiatry.
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