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biow@cs.umd.edu (Christopher Biow) writes:

>In article <1993Jan11.181752.6816@cs.unca.edu> kepley@photon.phys.unca.edu (Brad Kepley) writes:

>>>[referring to ritual satanic abuse therapy and its skeptics]

>>I think we better be careful that we don't just begin a new witchhunt with
>>the therapists as target.  If these "memories" are not real, the therapist
>>may be unwittingly providing the opportunity for these people to fantasize,
>>but that doesn't necessarily mean they are "causing" the "memories".  

>Maybe some sort of hunt is exactly what we need. We have an entire 
>profession offering health-related services without a solid science
>to back them up and without any good evidence to show greater than
>placebo-level effects of their therapy. Class after diagnostic 
>class of their prospective patients have been stripped away from 
>them, as hard sciences have produced effective therapies for 
>some conditions, and explanations of why psycho-therapy could not 
>possibly address the problems in other conditions.

a reasonable requirment for genuine service for the dollar is important,
but doont fall into the trap of believing that only the medical community
is valid (pardon if this is not what you meant). hard sciences most often
produce drug therapy, which is not always the most appropriate for a given
patient. im not advocating faith healing, either. non-drug based therapy is
a tool, as are the meds. it is important to recognize this.

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