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If it weren't for psychiatry I would be dead. Dissuading people from getting help when they need it is not a good thing.
I'm glad it helped you but I never dissuaded anyone from getting help. I just emphasized the need for a Marxist perspective to be integrated in practice
Yes, but you are acting as this applies to all psychiatry and therapy.
No amount of material analysis can cure or treat PTSD, ADHD, Schizophrenia, Bipolar disorder, or a multitude of other illnesses and disabilities that can only be fixed with medicine and assisting the person in walking through their thoughts and lives.
I feel like what you said was mostly targeted forwards anxiety and depression, but that is not all that therapy and psychiatry are.
I understand, what I mean isn't supposed to apply for all of therapy or psychiatry, or even to all depressed and anxious patients. I just wanted to point out the systemic issue that psychologists need to understand and apply to so that it can be easily accessible to all. This is not limited to treatment of certain mental disorders, but also to the way mental health treatment is itself accessible to those who can't afford it. I see how what I said may seem like a generalization, and I apologize for that.
No problem! Thank you for clearing up what you meant!