An insider at the San Francisco psychiatrist association convention gives us a whiff (T)

americanthinker.com ^ | 5/25/2019 | Monica Showalter

[rktman]

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"An insider at the San Francisco psychiatrist association convention gives us a whiff of why they're called 'shrinks'"

Remember the golden era of blogging, around 2005 or so, when blogging was really good? Back then, people who were experts, or else really, really, observant, blogged with photos and told us all about the world around them, observing the absurdities the media was missing. Think of the all-time greats, such as Zombietime, or Tim Blair, or well, you probably have some favorites.

It's not there much anymore, but happily, there are still some instances of this kind of blogging greatness.

He outlines 10 observations about the field - from its absurd addiction to pharmaceutical ads and why that's going on - often, drugs are just repackaged with big markups to benefit Big Pharma. And the post goes into how woke the profession is - more interested in leftwingery....

[rktman]

I miss Zombie's reports. Guess Zombie moved on to bigger and better things. Or not. The blog site is still up but I haven't seen anything new in a long time.

[fella]

The APA jumped the shark when it declared sexual deviancy to be normal.

[Da Coyote]

From an unknown source:

Not to be picky
But if you have a dicky
And want to be called Vicky
You are a sicky

From a very known (and hyper smart) source:

Richard Feynman had a hierarchy of the sciences - -
Physics is applied mathematics.

Chemistry is applied physics.

Biology is applied chemistry.

Psychology is a bunch of witch doctors

And the above was the best I could find on that joke of a profession.

[fella]

There are some Dr. Nefario types who are actually engaged in some science but they are mostly covert and working for governments or monopolistic organizations.

[bgill]

Oh, I thought this would be about getting a whiff of SF’s streets.

[tired&retired]

This was the first APA convention I missed in 10 years. I have no desire to visit San Fran.

Next year is back in Philadelphia.

[sparklite2]

I wouldn’t go to San Francisco for a whiff.

[sparklite2]

Two psychotherapists pass each other in the hallway. The first says to the second, "Hello!"

The second smiles back nervously and half nods his head. When he is comfortably out of earshot, he mumbles, "God, I wonder what *that* was all about?"

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 "Doctor," said the receptionist over the phone, "there's a patient here who thinks he's invisible."

"Well, tell him I can't see him right now."

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 What's the difference between a loan and a psychologist?

The loan eventually matures and earns money.
 

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 A man was walking in the street one day when he was brutally beaten and robbed.

As he lay unconscious and bleeding, a psychologist, who happened to be passing by, rushed up to him and exclaimed, "My God! Whoever did this really needs help!"

[PA Engineer]

The pharmaceutical industry along with the Affordable Care Act have destroyed medicine in general. Obamacare took medicine away from doctors with EMR and EHR and quantified it into an insurance code. Best practices? No way. Crony corporatist interests? Yes. Doctors now as high paid data entry clerks? Absolutely.

Very good and a direct link to the author: THE APA MEETING: A PHOTO-ESSAY

Even other medical professions are stuck in the pharmacological loop of treating symptoms and not systems.

I mentioned on FR about making a change in profession almost five years ago. All five of our abstracts were accepted in both Europe and Canada. I will present some of them after our meetings in the beginning of fall.

I expect massive blowback from "credentialed" and "vested" interests. We have a great team. I don't really give a crap now. LOL. We are both self-funded and assisted by a couple of philanthropists. The medical revolution is coming from the bottom up. Just like media, the corporatist medical model is going to collapse like the card tower in the article.

You have to ask yourself how we went from population metabolic dysfunction of 5% to 85% in less than 50 years.

[Chickensoup]

The APA Meeting in San Francisco.

https://slatestarcodex.com/2019/05/22/the-apa-meeting-a-photo-essay/

Some of the course offerings.
Saturday, May 18
Climate Psychiatry 101: What Every Psychiatrist Should Know
Women’s Health In The US: Disruption And Exclusion In The Time Of Trump
Gender Bias In Academic Psychiatry In The Era Of the #MeToo Movement
Revitalizing Psychiatry – And Our World – With A Social Lens
Hip-Hop: Cultural Touchstone, Social Commentary, Therapeutic Expression, And Poetic Intervention
Lost Boys Of Sudan: Immigration As An Escape Route For Survival
Treating Muslim Patients After The Travel Ban: Best Practices In Using The APA Muslim Mental Health Toolkit
Making The Invisible Visible: Using Art To Explore Bias And Hierarchy In Medicine
Navigating Racism: Addressing The Pervasive Role Of Racial Bias In Mental Health
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Sunday, May 20
Addressing Microaggressions Toward Sexual And Gender Minorities: Caring For LGBTQ+ Patients And Providers
Latino Undocumented Children And Families: Crisis At The Border And Beyond
Racism And Psychiatry: Growing A Diverse Psychiatric Workforce And Developing Structurally Competent Psychiatric Providers
Sex, Drugs, And Culturally Responsive Treatment: Addressing Substance Use Disorders In The Context Of Sexual And Gender Diversity
Grabbing The Third Rail: Race And Racism In Clinical Documentation
Racism And The War On Terror: Implications For Mental Health Providers In The United States
The Multiple Faces Of Deportation: Being A Solution To The Challenges Faced By Asylum Seekers, Mixed Status Families, And Dreamers
What Should The APA Do About Climate Change?
Intersectionality 2.0: How The Film Moonlight Can Teach Us About Inclusion And Therapeutic Alliance In Minority LGBTQ Populations
Transgender Care: How Psychiatrists Can Decrease Barriers And Provide Gender-Affirming Care
Gun Violence Is A Serious Public Health Problem Among America’s Adolescents And Emerging Adults: What Should Psychiatrists Know And Do About It?
Working Clinically With Eco-Anxiety In The Age Of Climate Change: What Do We Know And What Can We Do?
Are There Structural Determinants Of African-American Child Mental Health? Child Welfare – A System Psychiatrists Should Scrutinize
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Monday, May 21
Community Activism Narratives In Organized Medicine: Homosexuality, Mental Health, Social Justice, and the American Psychiatric Association
Disrupting The Status Quo: Addressing Racism In Medical Education And Residency Training
Ecological Grief, Eco-Anxiety, And Transformational Resilience: A Public health Perspective On Addressing Mental Health Impacts Of Climate Change
Immigration Status As A Social Determinant Of Mental Health: What Can Psychiatrists Do To Support Patients And Communities? A Call To Action
Psychiatry In The City Of Quartz: Notes On The Clinical Ethnography Of Severe Mental Illness And Social Inequality
Racism And Psychiatry: Understanding Context And Developing Policies For Undoing Structural Racism
Trauma Inflicted To Immigrant Children And Parents Through Policy Of Forced Family Separation
Deportation And Detention: Addressing The Psychosocial Impact On Migrant Children And Families
How Private Insurance Fails Those With Mental Illness: The Case For Single-Payer Health Care
Imams In Mental Health: Caring For Themselves While Caring For Others
Misogynist Ideology And Involuntary Celibacy: Prescription For Violence?
Advocacy: A Hallmark Of Psychiatrists Serving Minorities
Inequity By Structural Design: Psychiatrists’ Responsibility To Be Informed Advocates For Systemic Education And Criminal Justice Reform
Treating Black Children And Families: What Are We Overlooking?
Blindspotting: An Exploration Of Implicit Bias, Race-Based Trauma, And Empathy
But I’m Not Racist: Racism, Implicit Bias, And The Practice Of Psychiatry
No Blacks, Fats, or Femmes: Stereotyping In The Gay Community And Issues Of Racism, Body Image, And Masculinity
Silence Is Not Always Golden: Interrupting Offensive Remarks And Microaggressions
Black Minds Matter: The Impact Of #BlackLivesMatter On Psychiatry
…you get the idea, please don’t make me keep writing these.

Were there really more than twice as many sessions on global warming as on obsessive compulsive disorder? Three times as many on immigration as on ADHD? As best I can count, yes. I don’t want to exaggerate this. There was still a lot of really meaty scientific discussion if you sought it out. But overall the balance was pretty striking.

I’m reminded of the idea of woke capital, the weird alliance between very rich businesses and progressive signaling. If you want to model the APA, you could do worse than a giant firehose that takes in pharmaceutical company money at one end, and shoots lectures about social justice out the other.

[Samurai_Jack]

so she’s gonna get an addadictome?

And some Wookie shampoo.

[The_Media_never_lie]

The APA jumped the shark when it declared sexual deviancy to be normal.

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My dad was an old school psychologist who got his PHD partially on the GI Bill. A WWII vet, he bought in to the idea that if you only understood more about the mind and were a better psychotherapist, you could really help people.

According to my dad who was practicing in those days, the APA did not just declare sexual deviancy to be normal, they were harangued and shouted down at meetings until they gave in. It was not a rational, scientific based decision. They were intimidated into signing on to this hoax.

[Celtic Conservative]

They’ve been off the rails since the DSM III came out. My experience is purely anecdotal, but most of the shrinks I’ve met are themselves unbalanced and disorganized. The only one I’ve ever genuimely felt comfortable with is my current one. And that’s because he was a cardiologist for the first 30 years of his career.

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