Posted by cybercafe on November 3, 2004, at 16:37:27 [reposted on November 4, 2004, at 2:11:48 | original URL]
In reply to Psychiatry should be replaced with neurology, posted by Squiggles on November 3, 2004, at 15:41:33
> I believe that many of the problems
> in treating serious mental symptoms
> such as catatonic depression, manic
> depression, mania, schizophrenic delusions,
> somatic hallucinations, etc. have a
> neurological basis like EPILEPSY does.
>
> Why is epilepsy viewed as an acceptable
> physical disease and not so, with inconsolable
> and suicidal depression or mania?
>
> I think it's because symptoms having
> a cognitive or emotional form rather
> than a straighforward physical one, like
> seizures, are understood to belong to
> a spiritual entity, outside the realm
> of physical treatment or reach. Beneath
> it all is the historical division between
> mind and body. They are not separate --
> their connection is simply not understood
> because this is a still unsolved metaphysical problem.
>
> I think Dr. Torrey understands that.
>
> Getting the right drug, is another matter.
>
> Squiggleswhat about endocrinology??
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