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    I also think mental health is possibly the most antiquated of all the medical professions. So much of it is based on very old assumptions and the way it categorizes it defies science and logic. Even the DSM itself, broadly categorizes problems in a way that would be akin to calling any kind of a injury to the extremity of your leg "LEG OWIE" and treating them all exactly the same. Amputation? LEG OWIE. Deep vein thrombosis? Nope, LEG OWIE. Toe fungus? Nope, LEG OWIE.

    By way of example, schizophrenia has been determined in studies to be no less than six, maybe even nine different "illnesses". But nope, despite the studies, it's all "schizophrenia" and all treated the same, take your fucking pill. It is amazingly stupid to categorize mental illness in the way we do. Rather than DSM categories, it potentially should be broken up into subclasses: E.G.: Structural, genetic, habitual, chemical, neurotransmitter problems or whatever. And treatment customized to the unique landscape. Rather than "Schizophrenic, take your pill" it should be "Prefrontal cortex deficiency, intercranial cyst in visual cortex resulting in hallucinations, genetic predisposition to personality disorders, obsessive habitual coping strategy complicated by a caffeine allergies and a cooccurring dopamine imbalance resulting in xxxx...." [total bullshit here, but just an example of how they SHOULD be digging into it imho]

    ETA: If anyone reads too far into this, neither myself nor anyone I've ever known is schizophrenic. I often read studies while taking a crap. It is only an example, not personal experience.
    Last edited by FoxtArt; 04-19-2021 at 09:03.

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