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Originally Posted by pegasus
This a support forum, first and foremost. That is to say we are a community that come here to support one another with mental health issues. People come here seeking support, comfort, and a caring listening ear.
Nobody is denying those who want to debate, plenty debates take place all over the forum but again I'll state these forums are mainly for helping/supporting people in difficulties. Critical debates tend to get heated and locked because of bad feelings, we don't want to promote bad feelings on a support forum.
I'm not a person who advocates medication, as you know and I'm certainly not trying to 'cover' anything up, there are other places on the web for critical discussions and heated debates. Psych Central is a place to be supportive to all. DocJohn has catered for those that want more critical/political/religious discussions in the provision of the social groups. These social groups then become a very active part of Psych Central with their own section. I see no need to for a 'critical psych' forum other than it being a social group.
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I think I understand the words "support" and "critical" a little differently. I find it very supportive when someone supports me in a perspective where say I disagree with a mental health professional, or the profession in general (and can find it very helpful emotionally, which is part of recovery).
Also when I use the word "critical" I don't mean implicitly hostile or contentious, it's more along the lines of independent-thinking or non-mainstream. (Having said that I don't want to see something which disagrees with anything mainstream out of some kind of compulsive reflexivity, as if anything alternate by definition must be true. That's not really critical or independent.)
I will check out the Social Group(s) you mention(ed), I had not looked into them previously.