What is a Psychiatrist? A Common Sense Guide To Psychiatry - Part Two

By Kieron McFaddden

his is the second article inmy series giving you a basic description of a vested interest group known aspsychiatry

.A psychiatrist is someone who practices psychiatry.

He believes:

- That you are an animal.
- That you have no soul.
- That your difficulties can and should be addressed by modifying yourbehavior.
- That it is acceptable to modify your behavior by intervention in the naturalprocesses of your brain.

The psychiatrist's three main methods of altering your brain chemistry are:

- Electric shocks to your head to scar or burn away your brain tissue.
- Cutting out pieces of your brain.
- Administering chemical poisons so as to alter the chemistry of your brain andnerves.

A psychiatrist is NOT the same as a medical doctor.

A medical doctor addresses physical problems and observable and identifiableabnormalities in the body's structure and physical processes. He usually getsresults - observable improvement in physical function.

A psychiatrist addresses problems of the mind, thought and emotion byseeking to bring about alteration of physical structure in the body,specifically of the brain. He operates largely on the individual practitioner'sOPINION as to what constitutes an abnormality of mind, thought or emotion. Hisdiagnostic manual (of which more in a later article), which lists hundreds of"disorders" requiring alteration of the brain, is based on opinionand majority vote and is without scientific foundation. His patients rarely ifever get well and once embarked on a course of his treatments, usually getworse and end up under "treatment" for the rest of their lives.

All psychiatric techniques are aimed at quietening and controlling thepatient rather than curing him.

Psychiatrists admit they cannot cure their patients. They believe that cureis impossible (which of course it is using psychiatric methods of damaging thebrain and nervous system). Having long since abandoned any hope or evenpretense of cure, they talk instead of "managing" the person'scondition.

With on no sound scientific foundation and no true understanding of the mindupon which to base their opinions about the mind, psychiatrists were notsurprisingly unable to produce methods of solving problems of the mind. Theyfell back consequently upon methods of making people tractable and easier tomanipulate and control - so-called "managing" the condition. Drugswere a very useful tool for achieving that end, the "chemicalstraightjacket" approach. Thus psychiatrists turned to drugs as their mainstock in trade and became the main pushers of mind- and behavior-modifyingpharmaceutical products into the society.

By positioning themselves alongside real doctors, psychiatrists were able tosecure without earning it the trust and status rightfully afforded the genuinemedical profession.