British Psychological Society: Development and promotion of valid psychological screening to predict chronicity, post COVID-19 infection, 2021

I have seen a suggestion that when the 1970's BPS model was created the US psychiatrists were in a "turf war" with social workers as to the right to provide psychotherapy independently without physician supervision. Apparently the social workers won. The discussion seemed to involve our old friends Imboden and Eisenberg.

Then President, Dr. John Imboden’s article was titled “Questions, Questions, and More Questions.” It asked, “What is really happening to American psychiatry today? Is it undergoing an identity crisis? Can psychotherapy be done by just anybody?” By the mid-1970's, social workers were pursuing the right to provide psychotherapy independently without physician supervision. Franklin Goldstein, J.D., became our lobbyist and Dr. Lex Smith chaired the legislative committee. Along with many committee members, they testified against legislation that would allow social workers to do psychotherapy without psychiatric supervision. The social workers persisted until gaining legislative victory.Maryland Psychiatric Society (recreationtherapy.com)

EDIT typos

 

https://twitter.com/user/status/1437719659701276675

 

https://twitter.com/user/status/1432770550888378371


eta: I wonder who their 'cabal' is?

 

It seems that this proposal has been withdrawn.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1437716385531105284


Screenshot from
https://www.mi-vote.com/

 

Yes, great to have some good news.

 

Thread by Brian Hughes, as always nailing it.

 

Source : https://thesciencebit.net/2021/08/0...ong-covid-me-and-the-all-in-your-head-cartel/

 

If only BPS nonsense was met with this response everywhere. Hopefully it'll be a growing trend.

 

Do you feel the ground shifting? Very very small tremor, but it is shifting.

Not quite perfect but at least coming from a psychiatrist this is basically lèse-majesté against the BPS ideology and the totalitarian hold that belief in psychosomatic medicine has on the specialty:

(The quoted tweet is the BPS announcement tweet for this vote that was deleted)
https://twitter.com/user/status/1437557143222300674

 

I'm wondering who this man is? Is he a "big noise" in psychology or psychiatry?

 

Is this really the derivation of it?

 

Has anyone captured the video and also the proposal, which has now been removed? And was there an official society explanation for what happened? The link now goes to nothing.