Posted by JohnL on September 11, 2001, at 3:38:41
In reply to Its time to merge Psychiatry into Neurology, posted by NLFAmerica on September 10, 2001, at 19:27:01
I think most of everything suggested could be accomplished by having all psychiatric or neurologic professionals read one simple $30 book. The book takes the position that indeed all metal illnesses are physical chemical malfunctions in the brain. The book tells how to try different medicines, and why, and then how to read the clues from those trials to better understand what chemistry malfunction(s) to focus on for each unique patient.
Call it psychiatry, call it neurology, call it whatever you want. I think what is missing in the whole game is a rational organized logical strategy to pinpoint what chemistry is awry in a patient's brain. For example, if someone is depressed, the general assumption is that they need an antidepressant. That, in my humble opinion, is a huge error and often leads to disappointment, frustration, and lack of complete remission. Depression can come from a wide variety of different chemical problems, many of which have nothing at all to do with what antidepressants target. In fact, antidepressants can actually make it worse, as we've seen here many times. There needs to be an organized strategy to pinpoint the culprit chemistry in a patients brain, and then once it is identified set the goal of total remission. There is a $30 book on the market that does it all. No big changes, no prolonged study, and no big research needed.
The book, called "The Successful Treatment of Brain Chemical Imbalance", by Dr Martin Jensen, bridges many gaps in the treatment of so called mental illenesses, and provides answers to many perplexing situations we encounter. Whether a person is a psychiatrist, or a neurologist, doesn't matter, this particular book opens up a whole new world of understanding mental illness, how to treat it, why to treat it a certain way, and how do get results fast.
Though I am only one patient who has successfully used the strategies in this book, I am proof that it works. It is just my opinion, but every mental health professional would be a million miles ahead in the game with this one simple book. And in the process, the merger of psychiatry and neurology would occur automatically as a side benefit. No big research needed. No big political changes needed. No formal mergers needed. Just one inexpensive book from a relatively unknown but brilliant doctor in California.
John
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