Psychiatry

Pro is under the impression that this debate is about the utility of the Psychiatric field as a whole. Pro is incorrect! This debate is about, and is only about, the two contentions that I presented in my opening statement,which Pro agrees with. I have maintained this line of reasoning throughout the whole debate. If Pro wants to have a debate with me about the utility of Psychiatry as a whole, I would be more than happy to debate that; however that is not the topic of this debate. Now let's dig into Pro's arguments. If you'll remember in Pro's first rebuttal, she gave a definition for "Psychiatry" and then (using the definition) attempted to show that the "causes" of mental illness and "curing" mental illnesses did not fall under the domain of Psychiatry. I gave two arguments which exposed the illogic of my opponents attempt to circumvent the two contentions of debate, and a third argument, which I named "the argument of fraudulence;" that demonstrated that if Pro was right( but Pro is not right) then Psychiatry was a fraud. Let's review these three arguments and Pro's response to them. ARGUMENT 1: I stated that finding the causes of mental illnesses DOES fall under the domain of Psychiatry because by Pro's own definition, Psychiatry deals with the "prevention" and "study" of mental illnesses; which both include the causes of mental illnesses. PRO'S REBUTTAL: Pro actually does not give a rebuttal; and to make matters worse, devises a strawman argument. Pro claims that I said since we are not able to prevent or cure mental illness, we should stop trying to prevent or cure mental illness. Factually, I never made that argument and it is merely a strawman. ARGUKENT 2: I stated that curing mental illnesses DOES fall under the domain of Psychiatry. PRO'S rebuttal: Pro, once again, does not have a rebuttal. Pro say as that I'm making an "oversimplification," but this is not an argument! Merely stating that I am "oversimplifying" things does nothing to show how my argument is incorrect. Now Pro says that we treat cancer, viruses, and the common cold without having exact cures. This, factual speaking, is not a refutation; it is not a refutation because it does not show in any way how "curing" a mental illness does not fall under the domain of Psychiatry. THE ARGUMENT OF FRAUDULENCE: I stated that if Pro is right, and Psychiatry has nothing to do with the causes and cures of mental illness, then Psychiatry is a fraudulent medical field. PRO'S REBUTTAL'S: Pro does have some rebuttals here, it is just that her rebuttals are unsound. Pro attempts to negate Premise one by bringing up Orthopedics. Pro says that Orthopedics does not deal with the causes such as traumatic brain injury, but only the unpleasant effects of such an affliction. This is a patently false rebuttal for two reasons. One, Oropedic specialists have to know the causes( such as brain damage) of the afflictions that they treat; Psychiatirsts could not tell you what the causes of the afflictions they treat are. Two, Orthopiedics do have to know the causes of the afflictions that they treat so as to know the best way to treat the affliction; again, Psychiatists literally never know the causes of the afflictions they treat, so they can't use the information of the cause to mitigate the unpleasant effects. Now that I've shown Pro's rebuttals to premise one to be false, let us look at Pro's rebuttals to premise two. Pro states that contrary to my premise, she DOES believe that Psychiatry deals with the causes and cures of mental illness. However this contradicts her original position! In Pro's opening rebuttal, she attempts to show that Psychiatry has nothing to do with the "causes" or "cures" of mental illness; Pro is contradicting herself by turning around and claiming that Psychiatry does deal with "causes" and "cures of mental illness. Summary: Pro has failed to make a single sound rebbuttal against any of my arguments and has employed many logical fallacies. Pro has agreed with the two contentions that I've put forth. I look forward to debating the resolution that Psychiatry is a fraudulent medical field and is, factually speaking, not a science( if Pro wants to debate that. ). I think that my opponent is a very worthy adversary and has done a great job. In the end however, it is clear that I have won this debate.