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Mental Health Support

Tobin S.

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7. Totally physiological explanations for mental illness beg the question...

Reply to mopinko (Reply #5)

Sun Feb 18, 2018, 05:54 PM

Feb 2018

...is it a pathological problem related strictly to spontaneous physical dysfunction? Maybe sometimes.

Or were there environmental factors that the brain responded to and are these responses reversible just by changing the environment? In some cases I think they are. In others they are not.

There are no hard and fast rules here. There can be many causes for mental disorders and there can be many possible treatments. Medical treatment is not always necessary.

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sharing my fb post from this am- it is time to move past the idea of "mental illness" [View all] mopinko Feb 2018 OP

While I share your sentiment, did you forget what shit hole country we are in? Moostache Feb 2018 #1

well, i sorta did, cuz mopinko Feb 2018 #2

I don't think it's all physiological, either. Tobin S. Feb 2018 #3

we are starting to find the differences. mopinko Feb 2018 #5

Totally physiological explanations for mental illness beg the question... Tobin S. Feb 2018 #7

what bothers me is the people who slip through the check boxes. mopinko Feb 2018 #8

I've frequently said that we're still in the Dark Ages re understanding No Vested Interest Feb 2018 #4

yup. i think the light is starting to dawn. mopinko Feb 2018 #6

The changes in the brain now so obvious in football players and those in other contact No Vested Interest Feb 2018 #10

ALL mental health patients should have a VERY THOROUGH medical examination steve2470 Feb 2018 #9

actually my daughter DID have lots of medical evals, mopinko Feb 2018 #11

wow sorry to hear all this steve2470 Feb 2018 #12

well one thing i did right was mopinko Feb 2018 #13