Making Drinking Under 21 Illegal Is Not Realistic

Dr Aric Sigman a UK psychologist says the drinking age should be raised to 21. Then we would have young people drinking illegally. Brain damage may be a fact but this has not stopped states in the US allowing the smoking of marijuana, which has similar effects. Anyway, some children drink now and are being permanently brain damaged. Illegality has not stopped them.

It is a myth that parents have control over their children until they are 21. Indeed, many parents seem to have no control over their children at any age. Young people are driven by emotion and they need to "enjoy" everything now. Parents and children sitting down to a rational discussion is fairyland stuff.

Drinking used to be the norm in Australia. Then we had the ridiculous situation where people under 21 could not drink alcohol legally, but they could die on the battlefields of Vietnam.

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Some Registered Psychologists Are Deemed to be Undertrained

The standards of psychological treatment in Australia is in question. The Psychological Society of Australia has been accused of allowing the industry to employ only partially trained psychologists. Six qualified practitioners have made this claim. Although psychologists register with the society not all are qualified.

If this is the case it is appalling. How could untrained people possibly be allowed to treat the sick, particularly if these patients are suicidal.

Apparently, clinical psychologists are fully qualified though they can be members of the society, whereas the remainder of registered psychologists are not trained. GPs refer patients to a registered psychologist who then treats the patient. The counselling is subsidized under Medicare. Over the last five years the Government has paid out twice as much to the practitioners than was budgeted.

A deeper look into the issue shows, however, that some academic bigotry is involved. Clinical psychologists who complete a degree followed by a Masters or Doctorate are saying registered psychologists who do a degree and two years supervised training are under qualified. This could be a case of an elite trying to freeze the others out of business.

The US and Britain insist on a Masters or Doctorate ticket. Australia says two years post degree training is enough.

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