"The Western model of medicine is to find what is wrong, and eradicate it. This doesn't work so well with mental health."
– This reminds me of a big debate in education, between certain education researchers who want to have a practice that's based on the same kind of evidence and research as medicine (programs and metods supported by "high quality" quantitative studies) – and those who want a broader and more eclectic approach that also involves philosophy, theory, different branches of psychology, and the teacher's experience and professional judgement. I wonder if there's a similar conversation going on among psychologists.
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"The Western model of medicine is to find what is wrong, and eradicate it. This doesn't work so well with mental health."
– This reminds me of a big debate in education, between certain education researchers who want to have a practice that's based on the same kind of evidence and research as medicine (programs and metods supported by "high quality" quantitative studies) – and those who want a broader and more eclectic approach that also involves philosophy, theory, different branches of psychology, and the teacher's experience and professional judgement. I wonder if there's a similar conversation going on among psychologists.
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