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Re:New Mexico: Psychologists to dress up as wizards when pro... by KingMob on Friday April 19, 2024 @07:07AM (#40085318)
If experts were the problem, then it would be statistically obvious that people were worse after meeting experts or taking their advice, and better off before.

But, that gets the order reversed. People seek mental health treatment after they already have a problem, not before.

It's much more likely that widespread effects are the cause: pollution, social media, poverty, capitalism, racism, etc.

Re:New Mexico: Psychologists to dress up as wizards when pro... by geeB on Friday April 19, 2024 @07:51AM (#40085637)
I think what GP might be saying is that there is some risk associated with therapy (e.g. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/insight-therapy/2020... —- not sure if it’s a good source but you can find plenty more with a search) and, if today we push therapy widely even for relatively minor issues, in those cases that would have fixed themselves with time it’s possible to get a negative outcome.
Re:New Mexico: Psychologists to dress up as wizards when pro... by jtc331 on Friday April 19, 2024 @07:45AM (#40085594)
Actually a lot of it is increasingly proactive not reactive.