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In 2011, the ''[[New York Times]]'' reported:

In 2011, the ''[[New York Times]]'' reported:

{{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 ==

[[File:Vox Day.jpg|thumbnail|left|150px|Ex-atheist [[Vox Day|Theodore Beale]] ]]

[[File:Vox Day.jpg|thumbnail|left|150px|Ex-atheist [[Vox Day|Theodore Beale]] ]]

[[Vox Day|Theodore beale]] reported:

[[Vox Day|Theodore beale]] reported:

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>}}

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>}}

=== Effectiveness of laymen vs. trained psychologists ===

=== Effectiveness of laymen vs. trained psychologists ===