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> We have use what works with the evidence we have because there isn't a better solution for people who need help now Except in the case of the article, where
by didibus 5y ago
> We have use what works with the evidence we have because there isn't a better solution for people who need help now
Except in the case of the article, where there is an alternative that shows promise to a better solution, but struggles to find funding or legitimacy, where the reason it struggles to find legitimacy is because of "lack of data", where the data can't be created because of "lack of funding" justified by "lack of legitimacy".
So one of my criticism is in the priorities.
My second criticism is in the lack of acknowledgement of how primitive our mental health understanding and treatments are. I feel there should be more humility there. Yes a psychiatrist has studied hard for many years, but after those many years of studies, they should still be able to say, even after all this hard work studying, I cannot tell you what you have, why you have it, and how to fix it, but I can help you through a process of trying various drugs that have various effects to hopefully find a mixture that helps you cope with your disease.
And I understand that doctors are wary of other people selling snake oil, someone else saying well I know what you have and can cure it, and then go in to explain things with made up stuff and provide unproven treatments. But at the same time, the humility should create a curiousity around all such claims, what if they are on to something, after all, we know that we don't know, what can we do to know more? Especially when such claims are made by medical researcher in the fields like in this article.