| Many people believe that Scientology is totally dead | | | | Scientologists generally do not have an issue with |
| set against psychiatry. This is not true. Some | | | | psychiatric psychoanalysis, as it is mostly harmless, so |
| Scientologists might query my call on this, but I want | | | | long as the counsellor does not evaluate for his |
| to use this article to explain some things. | | | | patient and just listens. It may be a waste time, but |
| There is a difference between psychiatry, | | | | it is seen as pretty harmless. |
| psychiatrists, psychiatric practices, electric shock, | | | | But many Scientologists will mostly have issues with |
| psychoanalysis and so on. | | | | labelling someone as mentally ill when there is no |
| As far as electric shock goes, it is considered by | | | | proof the illness actually exists. The same applies to |
| Scientologists as brutal and haphazard. It is not | | | | the so called chemical imbalance in the brain theory. |
| proven workable or helpful to patients. The same | | | | Scientologists will have issues of labelling children |
| with brain surgery, such as lobotomies, leucotomies | | | | mentally ill and prescribing drugs when someone only |
| and the like, which are still practiced today regardless | | | | sees the symptoms of behaviour, and has no |
| of the myth that they are not. | | | | laboratory or blood tests to show what physical |
| With drugs, yes, Scientologists have an issue with | | | | problem may exist that the child is showing the |
| them too, but not because they are drugs. | | | | symptoms of. |
| Scientology have no trouble with pain killers in | | | | There are Scientologists who are also psychiatrists. |
| surgery, or even a needed sleeping tablet - as these | | | | Yes there are and I know one. They are rare, |
| are covered by our own Scientology writings as | | | | obviously, and more often occurring in the eastern |
| needed to be used when necessary. But Scientology | | | | world that the west. There are writings by the |
| does have an issue with psychiatric drug misuse, with | | | | founder of Scientology on how a psychiatrist can |
| psychiatric drugs being over prescribed, creating | | | | become a Scientologist. So psychiatrists are not even |
| addicts an so on. Scientologists personally might have | | | | prevented from joining the ranks of Scientologists. |
| issues with the lack of warnings of the dangers of | | | | So the myth that Scientologists are dead against all |
| these drugs given out by psychiatrists, and that | | | | psychiatry is simply not true. But that is not to |
| misdiagnosis by psychiatrists may cause mind altering | | | | misunderstand the belief of most Scientologists that |
| drugs to be used instead of better less harmful | | | | the practice of psychiatry is far from useful and that |
| natural cures. | | | | psychiatry needs strong curbs to prevent abuse by |
| Some very few psychiatrists push vitamin therapy, | | | | individuals who bring it into disrepute. Certainly I know |
| that can bring successful results. Scientologists will not | | | | of no Scientologist who would want to be treated by |
| have an issue with this. I will not speak about the | | | | a psychiatrist, as the treatment as it stands right |
| obvious benefits of diet, as they are too obvious, | | | | now, unreformed, can be dangerous, and too much |
| and if suggested by psychiatrists, we would have no | | | | of it can trace to death. |
| issue with that. The same applies to ridding the body | | | | There are some psychiatrists who are also trying to |
| of its pains through broken or improperly set bones, | | | | reform psychiatry and I have met several of these. |
| and pains from undiagnosed tumours and the like. But | | | | They are good people. And while they will also not |
| this treatment is less likely done by psychiatrists. We | | | | necessarily agree with all I write or say, we least |
| would have an issue with someone labelling someone | | | | agree there is room for professional reform within |
| mentally ill for reacting strange or wacky due to an | | | | their ranks. |
| undiagnosed tumour and the like. | | | | I hope this helps. |