Posted by lostforwards on November 24, 2004, at 10:32:51
In reply to Re: Frontal Lobe Tumor causes Pedophilia in a Man » lostforwards, posted by cubbybear on November 24, 2004, at 5:14:28
I guess in a way most medications are like sledge hammers. Except a bit better than sledge hammers. The exact mechanism of action isn't known, but there's the fact that symptoms are relieved albeit with side-effects. In fact we have theories of what causes depression and theories of why people get schizophrenia.
Whether or not they are correct is questionable.
Recently a I read an article on recent research in bipolar here.http://www.news-medical.net/?id=6021
Here's a quote:
“All current treatments — lithium, valproate, carbamazepine, and antipsychotics — take days, if not weeks, to work. That’s because they’re likely acting far upstream of where a key problem is, namely in the PKC pathway. Since PKC inhibitors could act more directly, they might quench symptoms more quickly. Patients could carry PKC inhibitors and take them preventively, as soon as they sense a manic episode coming on.”So soon we could have better more exact medications for bipolar.
Of course, lowering activity in the frontal lobes could solve a variety of problems, especially if the individual in question has a troublesome personality.I would hesitate to say that neither the tumor or the man's inherent nature was cause for the development of his pedophilia.
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