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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]I'm sure there are people who will disagree, but I think the APA has done psychologists an enormous disservice by accrediting lousy diploma mills (schools of "professional psychology") that have very little quality control for faculty or students. So, they churn out people who are ill-qualified for the profession, which gives us all a bad name. Don't get me wrong, I think there are excellent psychologists out there, and I'm proud to be a psychologist. It's just that decent clinical psych programs are highly selective for a reason, i.e., it takes more than intellectual ability to be a good psychologist, at least those of us who provide psychotherapy.

That, and the APA has consistently refused to repudiate the use of torture in prisoner interrogations. That's a worse sin, but not one that's gotten much attention. So, yeah, not a fan of the APA here. [/quote]

I knew one of those. He had a GED + this degree. As a psychologist he was completely juvenile as well as always stoned, and sounded like he dropped out of HS, which he did. I finally figured this out. He was the husband od an acquaintance. Wow, they let him treat patients???[/quote]

Of course, the worst part of it is the shoddy patient care.  If people want to rack up debt, that's their business, but when it comes down to how well (or not) patients are treated?  Potentially very harmful.  I know in Maryland at least, people with degrees from non-APA accredited programs can't become licensed as psychologists, and that's probably true of many other states.  But there are folks who are licensed as, say, counselors, and then get a "PhD" from an online program, and then bill themselves as Dr., even though it's unethical (and probably illegal) to do so.

Can you tell I have strong feelings about this issue? ;)[/quote]

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