Re: Rejection of Meds Gives me Hope » bobman

Posted by chujoe on June 20, 2010, at 14:43:11

In reply to Re: Rejection of Meds Gives me Hope, posted by bobman on June 20, 2010, at 14:16:51

There are all sorts of empirical psychological tests for mental illness; some progress has also been made in determining which regions of the brain are affected, but something does not have to be "biological" to be real. And surely the biological affects our states of mind. Just drink a cup of coffee.
But, Bobman, if you don't believe there is a biological basis for mental illness, why take all those herbs and supplements -- aren't you trying to influence the biological system of your body by doing so?
And I do think the cancer analogy is at least a little helpful: the remission rates for some of the worst cancers are not much better than the statistics on remission of mental illness cited by people like Whitaker and other anti-psych folks.

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