Episode 121: How the APA is Schizophrenic
Being Human
The Importance of Empathy in Psychiatry
The author worked in a psychiatric hospital for two years. She says part of the therapeutic process with patients like this is to actually enter into that world with them. "You don't add to it, but you don't confront the hallucination either," she says.
This week, Dr. Greg blasts the APA and reveals how, through their promotion of moral relativism in the secular field of psychology, they are causing confusion and chaos.
Discussed in this episode:-
How the diagnostic system of the mental health field is at the forefront of the push towards radical moral relativism;
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The problem with Catholic mental health practitioners participating in a system that does not have a true understanding of what it is to be human;
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The implications of homosexuality being removed from the DSM in 1980;
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The need to be bold in calling out ideas misaligned with the Faith while also remaining charitable towards the persons engaged in conversation;
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How the acceptance of a definition of being human grounded on moral relativism and absent of objective, transcendent truth is harming our culture;
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Schizophrenia as a diagnosis of detachment from reality;
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The impact of parental mental illness on a child;
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The contradiction between supporting embodiment while also promoting transgenderism as healthy;
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Speaking the truth as the most compassionate response.
Resources mentioned or relevant:
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Being Human Episode #81: The Lies of the American Psychological Association;
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Check out Dr. Peter Attia's website;
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