Posted by Squiggles on September 17, 2006, at 11:31:11
In reply to Re: the brain, posted by bassman on September 17, 2006, at 11:19:32
I agree with bassman on this. But for me
at least, it is a question beyond my knowledge.
The troubling aspect of neurology and psychopharmacology, may be that the method
of research is troubled by biases. Biases,
such as marketing priorities in the drug
companies, academic politics, "glory" science,
lack of interdisciplinary research, just bad
research methods.. who knows.In the past 50 yrs. i am not sure that there have been great advances in the quality of psychiatric
drugs. I am taking a 60 year old drug, for
example. I wonder what people who take SSRIs
feel like - is their depression treated entirely,
a little bit, very well but with some undesirable effects, with terrible effects; is their mental state "clear as un unmuddied lake"?A friend of mine says "Psychiatry has yet to find its Newton" or something like that. Still, mental illness exists and has to be treated.
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