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Should all members of ATOT have a psychological evaluation ?

Should all ATOT members be given psychological evaluations?

  • By all mean --Yes

  • No -- it can be faked

  • Yes -- it would cut down on the rift raft

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JEDIYoda

JEDIYoda

Lifer
I know flight attendants are not given pre-employment psych evaluations...what about ATOT members...good idea??
 
Yes, but only because everyone should have a psychological evaluation. Most people IMO have some kind of undiagnosed problem.
 
HAL9000 said:
I disagree, Psychology is based on logical observation and conclusions.

Scientology is not.
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I disagree. Psychology is based on subjective interpretation of subjective observations of the outward expressions of others filtered through the sieve of the subjective interpretations of prior work.
 
IronWing said:
I disagree. Psychology is based on subjective interpretation of subjective observations of the outward expressions of others filtered through the sieve of the subjective interpretations of prior work.
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When it comes to the human mind it can always be argued that the observations are subjective as they can only be made about the people you've seen.

Take bipolar disorder (which I suffer with) There are millions of people with it, it's not based on the subjective observations of any one person, it's an observation made by millions of people.
 
IronWing said:
I disagree. Psychology is based on subjective interpretation of subjective observations of the outward expressions of others filtered through the sieve of the subjective interpretations of prior work.
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:colbert:

Psychology and neurology go hand in hand, and data backs each other up (and data from one side often spurs research by, or answers questions of the other)
Psychology is subjective, but there is a wealth of hard facts in prior neurological research that points to very specific things.

Here's the kicker: without thousands and thousands of dollars for brain scans (and/or neurotransmitter tests) for each individual patient, it is insanely difficult to always find the root physiological cause of any neurotransmitter imbalance (THE ultimate cause of any "psychological" issue). It's often highly informed guesswork, be it by a medical or psychological practitioner.
Like depression: it could be temporary, caused by nutritional/lifestyle/environmental issues; it could be semi-permanent, caused by a host of disorders in the body (such as a "malfunctioning" organ or autoimmune or what have you); it could also be a permanent "wiring" issue in the CNS itself.
 
The thing about this is, I don't need a psych eval to be yelling that the forums gonna crash, and it would actually happen.
 
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