Can studying Psychology cause mental problems?

[Bill Hemphill]

I have decided that it does not. The more a person knows and understands, the more sanity is to be achieved in my opinion. That word "like" is a powerful one in the study of the personality. Bill

[VeggieTeen92]

I think that if you study psychology it could cause you to believe you have a mental illness because the more you know about it the more you can fake it. It can also lead you to believe that you have a mental illness because you will learn the symptoms and some people may see themselves and then lead themselves to believe that they do indeed have these symptoms.

[Bill Hemphill]

That's good thinking Veggieteen92, I do believe that a person could suspect they have problems wheb they don't because of their studying.

Also note the term "like" in understanding personality and psychology.

[S. Earl Martin]

There is another aspect to this. I have had friends that went to work in mental hospital's and other places with disturbed persons. I am certain their personalites and behaviors changed. If you hang around people you pick up their habits. Even subconsciously our accent or mannerisms change. Weather the people I was observing actually devoloped psychosis. Probably not, but they did start exhibiting behaviors associated with mental illness. If you lie down with dogs you get fleas. Peace.

[voodoo scientist]

All information without the right perspective can cause psychological disorders. Information without the right perspective is pretty much the definition of a psychological disorder, however, information does not in itself cause disorders.

[voodoo scientist]

As an example: Your 14 year old son may get really messed up by watching porn, but only if he's low-adaptive to begin with.

[Bill Hemphill]

All information without the right perspective can cause psychological disorders. Information without the right perspective is pretty much the definition of a psychological disorder, however, information does not in itself cause disorders.

I absolutely agree with that voodoo scientist. When some pieces of the puzzle are "hidden" or "out of sight" that can make a person suspect thoughts of delusion as other pieces of a puzzle are remembered. The facts  can then be doubted or just forgotten. This is why we have FOIA laws.