What makes members of the Church of Scientology mental health experts?

What makes members of the Church of Scientology mental health experts?I remember Tom Cruise telling Matt Lauer, "You don't know the history of psychiatry. I do!" Oh, really? Are we supposed to believe that he spent hours studying psychiatry texts and journals while he wasn't filming movies or jumping on Oprah's couch? Also, there was a feature on "48 Hours" about a young schizophrenic man who killed his mother while he was in a psychotic state. His parents were Scientologists who didn't believe that he needed meds or counseling, and for that reason, they didn't get him the help he so desperately needed and now his mother is dead as a result.

Answer by Shane
yeah they study and study and study this kind of stuff. In the process spending like 50 thousand dollars and beleiveing wierd things when they get out. LIke-theres no such thing as pain...and stuff like that.

Answer by Today T
Mental experts! or, just Mental!

Answer by butch
They're not, it's just their opinions. It has been proven that if medical treatment is withheld something terrible is waiting to happen.

Answer by chrstnwrtr
I don't know but denying someone medication because of a mental health conditition is just wrong. Some people do need the stuff. I agree that our society is overly medicated but some people do need it.

Heck, Brooke Shields said that her life is much better with the meds after Tom Cruise said something about her. Now what happens if their kid Suri develops a severe case of depression? Are they going to tell her it's "all in her head" and just have her take vitamins instead? That can have fatal consequences.

I was diagnosed with depression when I was a sophomore in college. However, prior to that, I suffered from panic and anxiety attacks and took medication previously. Without my meds, I would not be able to function and I would most likely be laying in bed crying my eyes out...ALL DAY.

Psychiatry is not a quack science; in people who suffer from depression, it is said that they suffer from a chemical imbalance in the brain caused by environmental factors as well as genetics (which is where I got my depression from). Anti-depressants such as Zoloft, Prozac, Paxil, etc. are taken to help to balance the imbalance in the brain. Vitamins are not scientifically proven to do this (the exception being Omega fish oil tablets) other than give the body its daily dose of nutrients.

The very idea of denying someone psychiatric medication such as that young man who killed his mother for weird reasons is wrong. What if someone is so depressed to the point of being suicidal? How are vitamins going to help them?

Answer by bottles
I remember about 28 years ago, when scientology was new on the scene. A sub-group of my friends joined. They became the most obnoxious people I've ever met. Then, after experiencing many problems, they decided, one by one, to quit. The local 'scientology leaders' tried to hold them against their will. Others were out-right kidnapped. After all was said and done, my friends were too scared to prosecute. They had received threats that were very clear about what would happen to their families if they did. Scientology is a CULT. An evil cult that promotes SELF. Anything but God. They lie to confuse their followers. I hope that any person considering 'joining' that cult , reads this post. A personal true-life experience.

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