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Originally Posted by VenusHalley
growing evidence? I am bit tired of "we are close to finding genes responsible for this and that... any decade now".
Grief and trauma "can cause" (likely, may, it's believed... fancy way of saying "we still don't know, but it could be that...") physical changes. Well, then you got neuroplasticity theories... that suggest that the physical can be changed (which would mean that all the "it's physical" doesn't mean all that much).
And again since the body of evidence is growing... why is not general well being growing as well? Why if we know the cause... why aren't we able to deal with it? We have fancy drugs... but do they really solve something?
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Knowing that there are likely genetic factors that can make one more prone to mental illnesses/conditions is not the same thing as knowing the cause. All that is really known in that regard is multiple factors contribute to mental illness including genetic per-disposition that increases the risk and environmental and social factors also play a role.
Drugs are to allievate symptoms which some of them do, but they wont cure a mental disorder or illness, some mental health professionals may be a bit misleading and try and indicate a medication will solve someones problems but it can only reduce symptoms(that is if it works). Maybe a better approach would be to see what can be done about some of the environmental/social factors since its unlikely they will find a specific gene or brain difference.