tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7772182113499451603.post4386202758023984076..comments2024-03-27T10:50:53.692-05:00Comments on Real Psychiatry: Psychiatry - Science and PseudoscienceGeorge Dawson, MD, DFAPAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03474899831557543486noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7772182113499451603.post-10948993708954519942013-09-11T00:59:13.126-05:002013-09-11T00:59:13.126-05:00Sorry about that - I agree it might be clearer on ...Sorry about that - I agree it might be clearer on the diagram if both words were on the same line.George Dawson, MD, DFAPAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03474899831557543486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7772182113499451603.post-34993602920213102652013-09-11T00:05:00.823-05:002013-09-11T00:05:00.823-05:00Oh I see, it was HIV denialism. in that case it s...Oh I see, it was HIV denialism. in that case it should be zero on both axes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7772182113499451603.post-14358189436644296252013-09-11T00:03:39.106-05:002013-09-11T00:03:39.106-05:00I don't get the placement of HIV vs. climate s...I don't get the placement of HIV vs. climate science. We actually understand a lot about HIV both theoretically and empirically at this point. However, the theoretical understanding of climate science is actually very primitive as all the predictions are falling apart. There are just too many independent variables.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7772182113499451603.post-13422585786559648122013-09-08T12:54:48.494-05:002013-09-08T12:54:48.494-05:00Thanks for your observations. I agree with you ab...Thanks for your observations. I agree with you about engineering and medicine but would say that they are professions that have the use of science as a primary goal. For example, from medical ethics: "A physician shall continue to study, apply,and advance scientific knowledge, make relevant information available to patients, colleagues, and the public, obtain consultation, and use the talents of other health professionals when indicated."<br /><br />I am a member of the IEEE, not because I am an electrical engineer but because I worked with a lot of them on EEGs and electrophysiology and needed access to their literature. The practical scientific skills of engineers are amazing and physicians have a lot to learn from that approach.George Dawson, MD, DFAPAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03474899831557543486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7772182113499451603.post-3672452837041766482013-09-08T11:32:34.788-05:002013-09-08T11:32:34.788-05:00We should start with the fact that psychiatry medi...We should start with the fact that psychiatry medicine in general are not sciences at all, but rather professions that would use whatever science they can find and fill in with art, much like engineering (which was my undergraduate field). Engineering, however, enjoys reliance on much more science that we can find to help in the practice of psychiatry.<br /><br />I love the diagram above, but I also like Jaspers' distinction between understand (meaningful connections) and explanation (causal connections) which makes it no surprise that:<br /><br />"This standard of care from the 1980s and 1990s disappeared much faster than Freud."moviedochttp://behavenet.comnoreply@blogger.com