Posted by TemporarilyBob on September 7, 2012, at 2:00:57
In reply to Myth of 'Mental Illness', posted by Jenna J. on January 4, 2012, at 23:42:26
> Just curious how many other people feel that we are still in the "dark ages" when it comes to diagnosing and treating "mental illness". Also, what needs to happen to improve upon this situation? Is there a way to propel Psychiatry out of the dark ages and advance the diagnosis and treatment of "mental illness"?Just started a related thread on the politics forum. We don't have "illnesses." An antibiotic and some bed rest isn't going to "cure" us, nor are we contagious. And our conditions are not "mental." Mind is an epiphenomenon -- an "observed" effect with a cause in a neurological process and not a "first cause" in itself; not a true phenomena. Talking about mental processes is at best speaking of models, for those who understand the role of a model in science, and at worst a smoke screen for those with no comprehension of how brain functions produce thought ... Which arguably is most of the human race.
I personally find the term "mental illness" backward and offensive, and I don't think "mental disorder" is far behind.
Great wits are sure to madness near allied,
And thin partitions do their bounds divide.
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