Ad Hominem -Attack the Man/Attack of Char

[recoverypsychologist]

Denying the Antecedent, that's it! Thanks! IF NOT A THEN B; I failed formal logic...but I could not blame the books, the subject nor the professor, which is easy to do when getting an "F"...I just had a problem trying to use that critical thinking...facisinating class although

[recoverypsychologist]

As my name here suggests I try to learn about "recovery" and compare to "clinical psychology" 1991 Basic Assumptions of Mental Health Recovery starts with saying that a person can recover without any professional intervention...then every word following is about a prof intervention...Do you know what to call this fallacy? I know that's off your subject for me to ask...but you explain things well

[PsychDoctorate]

I think that this is along the lines of a false dilema or denying the antecedent.  We have a dichotomy self recovery and prof intervention. Both are valid, but using clinical intervention to back up self recovery denies the possibility of self recovery. I think self recovery also is dependent upon the type of mental health issue being discussed. Unipolar depression which does not have root in a physical cause can be dealt with is a good example of how one can use both methods successfuly!