Psychiatry & neuroscience today are some of the closest equivalents to physicians applying leeches in the 16th century.
Through no fault of their own.
We, simply, have legitimately very little knowledge of those fields of science. Our understanding of the human brain is just not there.
So much of Psychiatry is throwing pills at symptoms after talking about your life.
That's often the state of the art in the field.
Genetic sequencing, and the ability to use genetic markers to diagnose illness, hopefully will change things. A cheap and effective diagnostic tool that isn't based on guesswork and "tell me your life story."
Through no fault of their own.
We, simply, have legitimately very little knowledge of those fields of science. Our understanding of the human brain is just not there.
So much of Psychiatry is throwing pills at symptoms after talking about your life.
That's often the state of the art in the field.
Genetic sequencing, and the ability to use genetic markers to diagnose illness, hopefully will change things. A cheap and effective diagnostic tool that isn't based on guesswork and "tell me your life story."