On the upside, psychiatry and neuroscience are beginning to merge. The disease model of mental illness is such a poor abstraction. And diagnostics in psychiatry

On the upside, psychiatry and neuroscience are beginning to merge. The disease model of mental illness is such a poor abstraction. And diagnostics in psychiatry is mostly contained to subjective self-reported symptoms. And then treatment is basically a crapshoot; trial and error with antidepressants that don't have well understood causative mechanisms. As neuroimaging becomes ubiquitous and cheaper, it will replace self-reporting as the primary diagnostic tool. At which point we'll be able to do away from the 'DSM disease model' and actually see which 'neural circuits' are dysfunctional. Consequently, medication will be better calibrated and targeted. I really think we're on the verge of a psychiatric revolution, and will all be better off as a result.