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Old May 04, 2010, 09:15 AM
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Originally Posted by pachyderm View Post
I have actually thought about teaching a short course titled "What Is Mental Illness?" -- but it will be a while before I am prepared to do something like that!

I'm with everyone else, sign me up, I'd take a road trip for that

And I agree with your statement on brain science should be a complment not a replacement, yes a portion of mental health is chemical and founded in the brain, however there are emotional issues, not everyone with bipolar disorder (for example, speaking from my realm of knowledge) reacts the same way, has the same mood cycles, reactions, etc. There is an indvidual with individual needs, it's been my experience (not a whole lot since I am rather young) that a lot of psychatriy is hit and miss, trial and error, I'm not sure if brain science will help that at all. I know medical science is trial and error too, but seems from what I've experinced theres a whole lot more trial in psychatriy, I think that's because they forget there is an indivdual there.

(p.s. forgive my spelling, it's pre-coffee intake)