Talk:Recovery psychology/Sociological

This page discusses how a mind of an individual with or without a mental illness is influenced socially to believe things about others.--Recovery Psychology 05:53, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

comments on tone

A couple of comments on this quote: "It would appear from the literature and from the experiences of consumers of mental health services that those high and mighty educated experts have forgotten most of the content of their previous education."

1. If the literature supports this statement, you should have no trouble citing sources to back it up.
2. The tone of "high and mighty educated experts" seems inconsistent with the statement on the main page of this project that "This is an academic pursuit..." You should be able to convince the reader of the soundness of your argument through logical reasoning and evidence, rather than using an w:Appeal to emotion. The use of this wording is a bit ironic given that the same paragraph criticizes "mental health professionals in the past" for using "a common fallacy in logic".

It is fine to approach a topic with a particular point of view, or even to mix social activism into the research. But If you hope to see this project taken seriously as an academic pursuit, you need to realize that you will receive greater consideration if there is more emphasis on presenting a logical argument based on evidence. --mikeu ^talk 17:53, 22 January 2008 (UTC)