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Re: Psychiatry should be replaced with neurology » Squiggles

Posted by Tabitha on November 4, 2004, at 13:52:53

In reply to Psychiatry should be replaced with neurology, posted by Squiggles on November 3, 2004, at 15:41:33


> 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.

Yes.. and I've always thought it is somehow deeply threatening to accept a physical basis for the contents of our minds. We'd rather believe we have complete control over them.

 

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