Anonymous
10/3/2025, 1:31:09 PM
No.16804923
>>16802872
>In many cases the patient could've also been under the effects of a psychotic episode, fever, the illnesses of the time, or might've had neurological issues like epilepsy. Yeah, we suck at treating mental illnesses even nowadays, but I think I prefer the treatments we have now over before.
Yeah today's pills are less bad than previous pills. But today's pills still aren't great. And maybe we should try to solve people's mental problems without drugs, where possible. If someone truly needs drugs then fine, they can take them of course. But I think many mentally distressed people are just experiencing stressful circumstances (job stress, money worries, whatever it is), and maybe we should acknowledge the real toll of those issues, rather than pretend that a person must have some kind of dysfunctional brain, and therefore they require pills.
>>16804883
Prayers don't work because God doesn't exist
>You're the psychiatry hater after all.
Psychiatry might work for some people. If someone feels helped by it then I support their right to keep taking whatever treatment they're taking. I just think we should listen to patients more. And we shouldn't push drugs on patients as the only solution.
>In many cases the patient could've also been under the effects of a psychotic episode, fever, the illnesses of the time, or might've had neurological issues like epilepsy. Yeah, we suck at treating mental illnesses even nowadays, but I think I prefer the treatments we have now over before.
Yeah today's pills are less bad than previous pills. But today's pills still aren't great. And maybe we should try to solve people's mental problems without drugs, where possible. If someone truly needs drugs then fine, they can take them of course. But I think many mentally distressed people are just experiencing stressful circumstances (job stress, money worries, whatever it is), and maybe we should acknowledge the real toll of those issues, rather than pretend that a person must have some kind of dysfunctional brain, and therefore they require pills.
>>16804883
Prayers don't work because God doesn't exist
>You're the psychiatry hater after all.
Psychiatry might work for some people. If someone feels helped by it then I support their right to keep taking whatever treatment they're taking. I just think we should listen to patients more. And we shouldn't push drugs on patients as the only solution.