Posted by SLS on September 23, 2010, at 22:00:09
In reply to Re: Have our brains been permanently damaged? » SLS, posted by huxley on September 23, 2010, at 18:36:30
Hi Huxley.
> You seem to be pretty switched on and have a good insight into the field of psychiatry.
Not nearly enough to speak intelligently about psychiatry as a whole.
> Maybe you can help me out here.
> Why do a large majority of doctors deny that there is withdrawal from medications. Even when the evidence is staring them right in the face.It wasn't my intention to debate the competency of psychiatry. I was just curious what people mean when they say that a pill won't do everything.
> Also you mentioned in an earlier post that they can see the damage to the brain from depression through brain scans.
Yup.
> Is this a new development?
No. As early as 1992, PET scans revealed differences in brain activity between those affected by depression (MDD and BD) and healthy volunteers.
> Can they take an image of 10 peoples brains, 5 who have depression and 5 who don't and identify the ones with depression?
Yes.
> I thought the signs of depression they could identify were not consistant and contradicted others findings.
There is debate regarding some details. There is less so regarding the existence of phenotypic differences.
> I thought that it was a pretty fledgling science and nothing conclusive had come out of it yet.
Fledgling, perhaps. Nothing conclusive? I disagree. I guess it is a matter of perspective. The most important perspective to me is that I was born much too early. This is probably true of most of the people who post here. I have been watching the evolution of biological psychiatry since 1982. There has been a relative explosion in data, but not sufficient understanding as to how all the pieces of the puzzle fit.
What will a pill do?
What will a pill not do?
- Scott
The measure of achievement lies not in how high the mountain,
but in how hard the climb.The measure of success lies only in how high one feels he must
climb to get there.
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