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The tragedy of the mental health status-quo is that Science now knows enough to help these people... They knew enough 40 years ago. A recent study found that ps
by tcj_phx 10y ago
The tragedy of the mental health status-quo is that Science now knows enough to help these people... They knew enough 40 years ago. A recent study found that psychotic patients don't produce cortisol upon awakening [1]. This indicates problems with the mitochondria, and the flow of energy in the body.
[1] https://www.jcu.edu.au/news/releases/2016/june/stress-hormone-link-with-psychosis https://www.jcu.edu.au/news/releases/2016/june/stress-hormon...
"These distinctive alterations of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis function may have important implications for CAR as a marker for transition risk." (emphasis added) [2]
[2] http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0149763416300549 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0149763416...
But Medicine is much more a haphazard form of "applied science" than a rigorous application of what's been discovered by physiologists. Our medical corps are disproportionately influenced by the industry they serve. So they sedate their psychotic patients, rather than help them.