Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

Mental Health Information

HereSince1628

(36,063 posts)

5. Yes, I think the more we understand about -ALL- the factors

Reply to mopinko (Reply #4)

Mon Apr 18, 2016, 11:12 AM

Apr 2016

Last edited Mon Apr 18, 2016, 12:16 PM - Edit history (1)

the better off we are.

I think the point of the article is that environmental features are often dismissed, but to say that is threatening to those who stress other points of view as is pointed out in the closing para of the article.

Much rides on these things, culture biases/preferences of thinking certainly, not the least of which is the desire to not have individuals stigmatized with blame for having a mental illness.

Believing mental illness is a biochemical phenomenon is not only good for biochemical research and pharma, it's also largely seen as beyond the control of individuals making guilt hard to apply

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

10 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

What causes mental disorders...Brain chemistry? Genetics? or Environment? [View all] HereSince1628 Apr 2016 OP

I would agree with the title. Brain chemistry, Genetics, Environment LiberalArkie Apr 2016 #1

What is "pleasant to some but to another it might seem to be withdrawn and out of touch to another" HereSince1628 Apr 2016 #2

With me, I have had low testosterone level most of my life and started with a low LiberalArkie Apr 2016 #3

seems to me to be basically an irrelevant argument. mopinko Apr 2016 #4

Yes, I think the more we understand about -ALL- the factors HereSince1628 Apr 2016 #5

if there wasnt such a long history of false blame mopinko Apr 2016 #6

I think you're sort of missing the point. It's not saying there is no role for genetics or pharma HereSince1628 Apr 2016 #7

just seems to me that we already milked that cow. mopinko Apr 2016 #8

Just because something wasn't done well in the past doesn't mean that area should be ignored HereSince1628 Apr 2016 #9

Post removed Post removed Jan 2019 #10