I'm a psychiatrist and I agree completely. As mental health professionals, we are trying to help the individual in front of us. Anything that focuses on societal or "structural" factors -- even if it is true--is disempowering and takes agency away from the individual. This trend of training psychologists (and doctors and teachers) to be …
I'm a psychiatrist and I agree completely. As mental health professionals, we are trying to help the individual in front of us. Anything that focuses on societal or "structural" factors -- even if it is true--is disempowering and takes agency away from the individual. This trend of training psychologists (and doctors and teachers) to be political activists is sinister beyond belief. What ever happened to "do no harm?"
I'm a psychiatrist and I agree completely. As mental health professionals, we are trying to help the individual in front of us. Anything that focuses on societal or "structural" factors -- even if it is true--is disempowering and takes agency away from the individual. This trend of training psychologists (and doctors and teachers) to be political activists is sinister beyond belief. What ever happened to "do no harm?"