Posted by Racer on March 12, 2006, at 13:18:19
In reply to Re: {looks confused} So, uh ..., posted by linkadge on March 12, 2006, at 11:00:51
> I understand. I'm only joking too. I guess I am referring to the days of the barbiturates. At least they didn't leave you questioning.
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> I think that it is a muttled time for psychiatry.
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> Linkadge
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>Yeah -- I say it's like Schliemann searching for Troy, while he tramples Illium to rubble beneath his boots. I just read something that made me laugh -- an article about amazing new information from researchers: Wow! There really is a reason for glial cells! They're not just there for decoration! Whodathunkit? Um, well, now that you mention it, I probably would have, just because I'm totally ignorant of the research to date that ignores them, but I do tend to think that evolution tends to be pretty frugal. If they didn't do anything, they probably wouldn't be there...
Sometimes ignorance is our friend, in some ways.
But anyway, I agree. Things were also easier when there were really only two diagnoses: neurosis, and psychosis. And the prevailing theory was that you developed neurosis because you lived in close contact with a psychotic...
As a total aside, because it jumped into my brain as I was typing this: did you know that most of the tranquilizers used in horses are anti-psychotics, or closely related? So, I guess that's another reason psychiatry was so much simpler before: the drugs involved could tranquilize a horse. Think how much easier it would make dealing with psychotic patients?
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