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To: cgbg

I recently took an introductory psychology class at a local college. It was very heavy on brain anatomy and biochemistry, and experimental evidence from animal studies. There was very little "touchy-feely" stuff -- Freud's theories were skimmed over quickly, with both the book and professor emphasizing that there was little evidence for most of his ideas, and that they were being covered just as background on the history of psychology. Modern psychology and psychiatry are primarily serious areas of scientific research, notwithstanding that some garbage still gets mixed in, and that the early years of these fields were heavy on wild and subjective speculation.


38 posted on 02/18/2005 1:36:23 PM PST by GovernmentShrinker
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To: GovernmentShrinker
That is good news that the profession is trying to get more "professional".

However, I still believe there is a big-time shell game going on here that involves the allocation of beaucoup government grant dollars and Medicare/Medicaid and private insurance dollars.

What you are studying sounds to me like "doctor stuff". :-)
39 posted on 02/18/2005 1:44:48 PM PST by cgbg (How evil is Hillary? Let me count the ways...)
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