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| | {{cquote|Also common is a self-serving statistical sloppiness. In an analysis published this year, Dr. Wicherts and Marjan Bakker, also at the University of Amsterdam, searched a random sample of 281 psychology papers for statistical errors. They found that about half of the papers in high-end journals contained some statistical error.<ref name="nytimes">[http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/03/health/research/noted-dutch-psychologist-stapel-accused-of-research-fraud.html?_r=1 Fraud Case Seen as a Red Flag for Psychology Research]</ref>}} | | {{cquote|Also common is a self-serving statistical sloppiness. In an analysis published this year, Dr. Wicherts and Marjan Bakker, also at the University of Amsterdam, searched a random sample of 281 psychology papers for statistical errors. They found that about half of the papers in high-end journals contained some statistical error.<ref name="nytimes">[http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/03/health/research/noted-dutch-psychologist-stapel-accused-of-research-fraud.html?_r=1 Fraud Case Seen as a Red Flag for Psychology Research]</ref>}} |
| | === Significant percentage of psychologists having depression and/or suicide ideation === | | === Significant percentage of psychologists having depression and/or suicide ideation === |
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| − | {{cquote|This is why therapy [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/wellbeing/health-advice/i-was-an-nhs-psychologist---but-i-suffered-from-depression/ is reliably doomed to failure]:..
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| − | In addition to the 46 percent of psychologists who the [[National Health Service|NHS]] reports as being depressed, "out of 800 psychologists sampled, 29 per cent reported suicidal ideation and 4 per cent reported attempting suicide."...
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| − | Would you go to a plumber whose toilet is overflowing? Would you hire a computer programmer who didn't know how to use a computer? Then why would you ever talk to one of these nutjobs in order to fix whatever mental issues you might be having?...
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| − | There is very little scientific evidence of the benefits of psychology. I read one recent study which showed that neurotic individuals actually stabilize on their own at a higher rate than those who seek therapy. This is no surprise, as the foundations of psychology are literally fiction.<ref>[http://voxday.blogspot.com/2016/02/psychologist-heal-thyself.html Psychologist, heal thyself]</ref>}}
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| − | === Psychology and pseuodoscience ===
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| − | In 2011, the ''[[New York Times]]'' reported:
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| | [[Vox Day|Theodore beale]] reported: | | [[Vox Day|Theodore beale]] reported: |