Comments on: Taking Issue with Newsweek http://www.yourmindyourbody.org/taking-issue-with-newsweek/ Psychologists’ insights on healthy lifestyles and behaviors Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:12:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Bray http://www.yourmindyourbody.org/taking-issue-with-newsweek/comment-page-1/#comment-154 Bray Sun, 13 Dec 2009 23:31:14 +0000 http://www.yourmindyourbody.org/?p=334#comment-154 en el instante que estoy tan ocupado que no puedo comentar sin embargo, sus preguntas y comentarios se han recogido mi inter en el instante que estoy tan ocupado que no puedo comentar sin embargo, sus preguntas y comentarios se han recogido mi inter

]]> By: A Critical Precap of This Emotional Life http://www.yourmindyourbody.org/taking-issue-with-newsweek/comment-page-1/#comment-144 A Critical Precap of This Emotional Life Mon, 07 Dec 2009 12:13:29 +0000 http://www.yourmindyourbody.org/?p=334#comment-144 [...] the head of the American Psychological Association (APA)deflected this need at all (by responding to this Newsweek article)… Anestis responded to APA, with [...] [...] the head of the American Psychological Association (APA)deflected this need at all (by responding to this Newsweek article)… Anestis responded to APA, with [...]

]]> By: The 411 on Clinical Psychologists: Here’s the Truth | Your Mind Your Body http://www.yourmindyourbody.org/taking-issue-with-newsweek/comment-page-1/#comment-117 The 411 on Clinical Psychologists: Here’s the Truth | Your Mind Your Body Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:53:16 +0000 http://www.yourmindyourbody.org/?p=334#comment-117 [...] to understand and use current research to help them treat patients. This blog previously tried to refute and clarify some of the claims made in the Newsweek article. But you may still be wondering if you can trust that psychologists [...] [...] to understand and use current research to help them treat patients. This blog previously tried to refute and clarify some of the claims made in the Newsweek article. But you may still be wondering if you can trust that psychologists [...]

]]> By: J. Davis http://www.yourmindyourbody.org/taking-issue-with-newsweek/comment-page-1/#comment-113 J. Davis Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:10:10 +0000 http://www.yourmindyourbody.org/?p=334#comment-113 I disagree with Dr. Nordal. I have seen way to many professionals who are using junk science methods to "treat" clients. Everything from EFT & TFT to various other "energy" treatments. The example of EMDR touches on this somewhat. You can take out the E, M, R and it works. Using clients as test subjects because of a belief and anecdotal evidence is wrong. A science based model is nothing to fight against. And while Dr. Nordal takes issue with the article being short on evidence I do not see any evidence in her statement to back up her assertions. There is plenty of evidence to back up the claims made in the Begley article. For me a big part of the problem is also that enforcement of the ethical codes mentioned is in many cases almost non-existant. I disagree with Dr. Nordal. I have seen way to many professionals who are using junk science methods to “treat” clients. Everything from EFT & TFT to various other “energy” treatments. The example of EMDR touches on this somewhat. You can take out the E, M, R and it works. Using clients as test subjects because of a belief and anecdotal evidence is wrong.

A science based model is nothing to fight against. And while Dr. Nordal takes issue with the article being short on evidence I do not see any evidence in her statement to back up her assertions. There is plenty of evidence to back up the claims made in the Begley article.

For me a big part of the problem is also that enforcement of the ethical codes mentioned is in many cases almost non-existant.

]]> By: Dr. L Petry http://www.yourmindyourbody.org/taking-issue-with-newsweek/comment-page-1/#comment-89 Dr. L Petry Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:26:38 +0000 http://www.yourmindyourbody.org/?p=334#comment-89 @ Steevie Parks You open your comment saying that you do not know Sharon Begley but you would wager she seeks to foil health care reform. This line of thinking is exactly what she is talking about. You said it yourself, you do not know her. So leave it there. Instead you postulate that she wants to see the health insurance companies win. In reality she wrote several articles promoting the public option and denouncing the lies made against it. As for your claim that psychologists are the least manipulated by the drug companies, I wonder why? Could it be that psychologists can only prescribe drugs in two states (NM and LA) after completing a masters program in psychopharmacology? Researching treatments is not done enough and not taken seriously enough either. An example would be Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). Practitioners must pay to become certified in this specific technique and it has been shown that the eye movement part of the treatment is completely superfluous yet it is still incorporated. Saying all that, I do realize that diagnosing and treating complex psychological disorders is not easy. A greater embrace of science would be a good thing though, there is no reason to have a backlash against it. @ Steevie Parks
You open your comment saying that you do not know Sharon Begley but you would wager she seeks to foil health care reform. This line of thinking is exactly what she is talking about. You said it yourself, you do not know her. So leave it there. Instead you postulate that she wants to see the health insurance companies win. In reality she wrote several articles promoting the public option and denouncing the lies made against it.

As for your claim that psychologists are the least manipulated by the drug companies, I wonder why? Could it be that psychologists can only prescribe drugs in two states (NM and LA) after completing a masters program in psychopharmacology?

Researching treatments is not done enough and not taken seriously enough either. An example would be Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). Practitioners must pay to become certified in this specific technique and it has been shown that the eye movement part of the treatment is completely superfluous yet it is still incorporated.

Saying all that, I do realize that diagnosing and treating complex psychological disorders is not easy. A greater embrace of science would be a good thing though, there is no reason to have a backlash against it.

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