I actually quite agree with your comment regarding enemies, but in this context I was simply pointing out that the CCHR might provide useful information due to their work on the matter.
I don't know Szasz, so can't comment. The further psychiatry gets from just helping people understand the lies they've believed and how to cope with that, the further it strays from reason, IMHO. Were it built on neurology it would have a firmer basis in fact, but there's a lot of speculation and fantasy that is firmly established as 'science' in the field, which really causes a lot of harm to people on the ground.
We have a very limited grasp of how the brain works, despite the immense progress we've made, because biological systems are massively complex and we simply have a long way to go to be able to grasp the facts. We've only begun to scratch the surface, but psychiatry is filled to bursting with delusional buffoons that think - or at least claim - to knew precisely how our minds should work, why they aren't, and what to do about it. Hubris and vain puffery for ginormous paychecks isn't limited to psychiatry, but it's sure strongly featured by the practitioners thereof.
I actually quite agree with your comment regarding enemies, but in this context I was simply pointing out that the CCHR might provide useful information due to their work on the matter.
I don't know Szasz, so can't comment. The further psychiatry gets from just helping people understand the lies they've believed and how to cope with that, the further it strays from reason, IMHO. Were it built on neurology it would have a firmer basis in fact, but there's a lot of speculation and fantasy that is firmly established as 'science' in the field, which really causes a lot of harm to people on the ground.
We have a very limited grasp of how the brain works, despite the immense progress we've made, because biological systems are massively complex and we simply have a long way to go to be able to grasp the facts. We've only begun to scratch the surface, but psychiatry is filled to bursting with delusional buffoons that think - or at least claim - to knew precisely how our minds should work, why they aren't, and what to do about it. Hubris and vain puffery for ginormous paychecks isn't limited to psychiatry, but it's sure strongly featured by the practitioners thereof.