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InternetPeon t1_j82iqdc wrote

Are you telling me my psychiatrist has no idea what they’re doing despite training?

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ConsciousCr8or t1_j82r8z5 wrote

“Mentalization is the ability to understand the mental states of oneself and others” is the first line in the article. I don’t think this can be trained into a person. You can’t “train” someone into understanding. Experience and contemplation (of yourself), also teaches you about others, not training

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InternetPeon t1_j82t8pw wrote

So it’s all just prescripttion then?

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Ecyclist t1_j82yr4e wrote

I can tell you adderall works 100x better than my biweekly therapist visits. But I digress.

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metekillot t1_j83b6vx wrote

That's weird. My current therapy appointments are working much better for me then all the antidepressants and what not were. Funny how it all shakes out!

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acesulfame_potassium t1_j83ynu7 wrote

Adderall and antidepressants are typically prescribed for different disorders, so nothing's really contradictory there. Talk therapy (possibly combined with antidepressants to promote neuroplasticity) as a treatment for depression seems pretty well-accepted and grounded at this point.

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smallbutlazy t1_j83169k wrote

Most clinical psychologists don't prescribe medication. I think the study is saying that mentalisation is an inherent ability possibly improved through actual practise rather than training.

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ConsciousCr8or t1_j83w7v1 wrote

Yes, I agree! Its More of an innate skill that can strengthened than a thing to be taught.

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nokia_guy t1_j84hplm wrote

There’s a difference between psychologists and psychiatrists.

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helm t1_j83dzhy wrote

The study says that freshmen think they're hot shit when it comes to mentalization, and after their studies they think the same. They don't think higher of themselves. But is that because of their naiveté as freshmen, or because the training failed? Impossible to tell.

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