Education vs Experience.

Subject is a very old debate and will go on till one proves as a specific case but still will not be applicable as a formula in general.

Dr. Syed Mubin Akhter (Managing Director, Karachi Psychiatric Hospital Pakistan) is a highly educated person but I visited him after 1982 to observe the impact of experience. As a Journalist keeping the norms of ethics I cannot name in comparison but after meeting with a number of persons related to this field, I can state that Dr. Mubin's experience of 45 years overshadows his education. His patience of listening others indicates that he keeps his priority no.1 as a good listener without interruption and at the end gives his comments on diagnosis. Cross questioning begins later but very brief and counselling is further too short to avoid any reaction of the visitor to help him settle down and bring him in to relaxed state of mind which is the basis of Psychotherapy. This phenomenon is not written in books but is a reflection of years of experience. Another very important factor comes out of this approach is that he is not after money as all others counts minutes in dollars even in Pakistan. This ideology is a true picture of his service to Humanity and on ground he is taking care of almost all types of mental abnormalities. I am very much pleased to learn that he is the only one who accepts the reality that every person is suffering from Bi-polar Psychosis but in response to my argument, his explanation was an extremely pleasant knowledge that I treat Abnormal Behavior of a Bi-polar person and not a person with Normal Behavior. This statement is an extract of his long experience of interaction with patients which cannot be compared to a person possessing Higher Educational Degrees and young age practice.