Posted by OldSchool on March 26, 2002, at 21:41:38
In reply to Re: Article on treatment resistant depression » OldSchool, posted by Elizabeth on March 26, 2002, at 21:27:55
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> > This work would go faster I bet if psychiatry was just formally merged into Neurology. This is BRAIN stuff, not psychology or "mind" stuff.
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> People who think that there's a difference are confused, that's what I think.
>So why not just cut through the crap and let Neurologists take over the diagnosis and treatment of the severely mentally ill? And do away with psychiatry. And let the "worried well" people with dysthymia and stuff just use their family doctors and social workers? Sounds like the plan to me, if this is really brain stuff. Which is all the hell it is.
Severe mental illness is a FUCKED UP BRAIN
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