sharing my fb post from this am- it is time to move past the idea of "mental illness"

[mopinko]

it is time to move past the idea of "mental illness", a very slippery thing, imho, and start looking more closely at neurology. cte isnt a mental illness, it is a brain disorder. the texas bell tower shooter had a brain tumor. that isnt a mental illness, either. till we move past check boxes to actual biomarkers, it is just meaningless, stigmatizing, and the 21st century equivalent of blood letting and leeches. often w tragic consequences. it's a crap shoot at best to find meds that help.
i hope cruz gets a good mri of his brain at some point. i hope anyone who acts so inexplicably gets a good mri.
it has long been a pet peeve of mine that there is so much stove piping between shrinks and neurologists. they are finally starting to talk to each other. from my experience, the neurologists are for it, but the shrinks are still blaming mommy.
my own kid spent years w therapists before a brain injury was FINALLY found. 15 years of being seen as "crazy" instead of being treated for epilepsy. growing up being seen that way.
this could answer the civil liberties issues. instead of 30 days of probably useless detention, spend 30 minutes in an mri and possibly finding the real issue.
throw in a sleep study, too. the most treatable cause of "mental health" issues is sleep disorders.
there is a ton still to be learned, and testing to be improved, but that is the direction we should be moving. to the future.
lets drop the whole concept of "mental illness" and start talking about brain health.