He was down voted because he&#x2F;she cherry picked one of their easy targets, or theories?  It sounds like he&#x2F;she has intimate knowledge of just how deep the hole Psychiatrists, and subsequent Therapy has fallen?<p>Did he stereotype a entire profession--yes.  If any profession has a lot of explaining, and hands on knees apologizing--it&#x27;s Psychiatry, and Psychology.<p>Sometimes the truth hurts.  Hacker news should be that place where the truth is exposed?<p>I&#x27;ll stop, but if you don&#x27;t question Psychiatry&#x2F;Psychlogy after being fooled by the SSRI&#x27;s, the addictive drugs, the endless office visits, and the horrid rates of therapy cures; you haven&#x27;t been in the system, or you are very prone to placebo.<p>The  latest research on schizophrenia is this; patients whom are not on long term medications have a better quality of life.  Yes, it&#x27;s a judgement call on the doctor, but why do I have a feeling, since the residency doesn&#x27;t attract the best, and brightest anymore--little nuggets like this latest research is not passed along to these vunerable patients?<p>As Ricky would say to Lucy, &quot;Psychiatry has a lot of explainin to doo?&quot;  As to Psychology, well at least they least can&#x27;t prescribe.