Posted by IntendedMispelling on November 21, 2009, at 0:36:39
In reply to Re: Human solutions for human problems., posted by emilyp on November 20, 2009, at 15:47:11
Well according to this scientists don't buy the seratonin deficiency hypothesis.
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/516262And yes I imagine there is more than one "factor" involved in mental illness. A personal phsysiological makeup is a factor. But a factor is not the same thing as an explanation. And physical explanations for emotional and mental states simply do not exist and probably will continue to not exist for a long time.
On the other hand in terms of social and moral responses to emotions we all have an understanding of the ways that we respond to those inputs. Sometimes we don't have the whole picture and that is where we attempt to look at things in a broader context that we normally would. A psychologist is someone who understands the social and moral sources of emotion and behavior better than other people. Since we are nowhere anywhere near beginning to understand how the brain produces mental states we should stick to what we know.
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