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PSYGOS
| 13.3 |
The incomplete model of psychology
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| While it is to psychology that we owe a great debt for the rigorous collection of experience on the human mind and nature, the theories and models of psychology themselves are incomplete. | ||
| In many cases, psychology is not a cohesive discipline but continues to exist as various "schools of thought" to which a practitioner chooses to align themselves. These schools of thought themselves originate from a pioneering philosopher such as Husserl, Freud, Jung and Maslow. | ||
| Nor has it been that one school of thought has always dominated, rather different schools of thought have had different periods of popularity and opponents. | ||
| Despite popular claims to the contrary, Psychology does not yet have a complete nor unanimous model of the human mind- the very thing that the discipline is supposed to address. Instead the various schools of thought have competing theories, models, diagnosis and treatments. | ||
| 13.3.1 | Common treatment does not equal a model | |
| In defence, psychology and psychiatry has developed an impressive history of case study, methods and observations on human behaviour and the cause and effect of various treatments of assorted mental disorders. | ||
| In fairness, it is to this history bank of mostly reputable case study and methodology that qualified psychiatrists and psychologists refer when treating patients. | ||
| Given there are tens of thousands of qualified psychologists in the world, millions of people who have been treated and tens of millions of pages of case notes on file around the world, the prevailing material is at first both impressive and seemingly without grave fault. | ||
| Yet case history of following the same variety of methods, does not equate to the existence of a comprehensive model of mind. It is not the same thing, nor can it be rationally seen as even comparable. | ||
| What case history is, is a history of "testing" theories and their effect. Just because a certain method such as electro-shock therapy has been used before with mixed results, doesn't mean it is a cure or even ethical and humane. | ||
| There is no prevailing, indisputable complete model of mind upon which psychiatry and psychology is based, only competing theories. | ||
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