Psychiatry Pseudoscience?

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That happens with other non-measurable areas, like pain.

Just because we can't measure it doesn't mean it's pseudo-science.

I believe pain can be measured by nerve conduction and MRI.

A core tenet of science is producing a measurable result. I've heard fields of study such as Political Science, Sociology, and Psychiatry called soft sciences because they mostly lack tangible results. The exercises are mostly theoretical. For example, they have never been sure serotonin is the cause of depression, it was only ever theorized that SSRIs may help. The drugs may well be placebo as their effects still aren't fully understood, and treatment outcomes are wildly inconsistent. The latest study data is even indicating that they may not work at all in the way we've theorized.