Posted by kw on January 24, 2004, at 4:55:06
Cruise calls psychiatry 'utter waste of time'
Knight Ridder Newspapers
Jan. 21, 2004 04:56 PMTom Cruise thinks psychiatry should be outlawed. The American Psychiatric Association thinks he should have his head examined.
Cruise is a member of the Church of Scientology, which opposes psychiatry. The actor recently called the practice "an utter waste of time," according to movie Web site IMDb.com.
"There's nothing scientific about it," Cruise said. "Communication is a good thing, but I think people get more mentally out of having a good meal or going for a walk. I think psychiatry should be outlawed."
"It's like arguing that the Earth is flat," James Scully, medical director of the American Psychiatric Association, told MSNBC.com's The Scoop Wednesday.
"Psychiatry is a branch of medicine supported by substantial research. Comments like that are absurd. If someone is suffering and needs to get help, it would be a shame if they do not get the help that could help them because a celebrity says something."
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