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Saturday, October 27, 2012

Thoughts on psychological/psychiatric problems

Some speculation on psych* problems after my recent post on depression:
  1. Psych* (psychological/psychiatric) problems exist (I'd be stupid to deny that)
  2. Many (if not most or even all) psych* problems haven an organic root cause (environmental / dietary / pathogenic / etc.)
  3. Even those psycho* problems with an established psych* cause (PTSD comes to mind) have an substantial environmental/organic component
  4. Therefore few (if any at all) psych* problems have a psychiatric root cause, and few are therefore actually psych* problems
  5. Furthermore, the response of such an psych* problem with an organic cause to psych* treatment will be weak – at best
And as a addendum: Good psych* therapy, with a good understanding of the pathological problems, and a good understanding of its own limitations, can (at best) improve the quality of life – but should be careful not to mistake improved quality of life with an cure.

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