Psychiatry: An Industry of Death

What is it with religion and science? Sure you've heard of the rivalries Christianity has adopted against Evolutionary Biology, Age of the Earth, Age of the Universe, Abiogenesis and the Big Bang Theory. But to a lesser extent is the rivalry between the fields of Psychiatry and Psychology and a lesser known faith known as Scientology.

Background
In 1950, pulp fiction writer Lafayette Ronald Hubbard (Known more commonly as L. Ron Hubbard or simply Ron to followers and critics alike) authored a book, "Dianetics: The Modern Science of the Human Mind". This book was released as an alternative to psychiatry and gained a large following. However the claims made in the book have often been criticized by members of the psychology and psychiatry fields. Dianetics later evolved into the religion known as Scientology. As Dianetics is a competitor for Psychiatry, the Church of Scientology have made claims that psychiatry is at best a pseudo-science and at worst, a money making scam that isn't afraid to trample on people. A claim that the Church has been accused of since its creation. To help sell Dianetics as this miracle cure, despite its proven failure time and time again, the church founded an organization to demonize the field of Psychiatry. This organization, composed mostly of scientologists, is named the "Citizens Commission for Human Rights" or simply CCHR. CCHR's goal is to prove Psychiatry is an "evil" science so people will seek an alternative. Dianetics. To this end, they released a film and hold an exhibit with the same name.

Plot
Psychiatry: An Industry of Death is a pseudo-documentary comprising of a mix of interviews, stock footage, photos and narration. The movie is split into multiple chapters. The first is an introduction how Psychiatry seeks to infiltrate every aspect of human life. The next provides a apparent history of the field, emphasizing the very crude methods that proved ineffective. Next we are told the psychiatrists believe men are simply soulless animals and behavior is based on stimulus response. Next the film claims that psychiatry, and not evolutionary biology is the basis for Eugenics, which they also regard as a pseudo-science. The claim that psychiatry is responsible for the holocaust, and not racial prejudice, is also made. The film then goes on to make outlandish claims that the field is responsible for racism, slavery.
The film goes on to talk about the treatments used by psychiatrists such as lobotomies and other neurosurgery and how they change people's personalities. They also connect psychiatrists to drug companies and makes the claim that they make up illnesses such as ADD and such just to sell pills for profit. Then we get into the conspiracy stuff about how psychiatrists are intent to prove every man, woman and child is mentally ill so they can drug them, institutionalize them and abuse them in anyway they see fit. The movie ends with a promotion for CCHR, a brief history of the group and a web url to their site.

Intended Message
Unlike works of fiction. Psychiatry: An Industry of Death makes no attempt to hide its message. Psychiatry is a false teaching and psychiatrists are evil. Only CCHR can be trusted.

Final Comments.
I'm no psychiatrist, but I know when groups talk about "Just a theory" that they often have a bias against the science. "Theory" in a scientific sense is basically an explanation for all the gathered facts. I also couldn't help but pick up their rejection of the notion that there is no such thing as a soul. Scientists tend to ignore the concept of the soul as there is no evidence for its existence. Clearly this movie has a spiritual background. Also they cite the barbarity of the early treatments in the fledgling science as why it is faulty. One must remember though there was a time when the use of leaches was considered medicine, yet medical science was not abandoned. I have friends who have been helped by this field. They do not deny its helpfulness. Problem is though, scientologists are told to embrace the word of Ron. They have pursued his hypocritical self deceit as opposed to undefiled wisdom. This has resulted in fatalities. If you need help, seek a professional, not an empty promise.