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Psychological issues [...] may undermine those I explicitly mentioned that and am very aware of it as an issue; I am criticising the idea of surgical approache
by mellosouls 4y ago
Psychological issues [...] may undermine those
I explicitly mentioned that and am very aware of it as an issue; I am criticising the idea of surgical approaches being "medical breakthroughs", not psychiatric/psychological treatments, including medicine. I should have distinguished that in my comment for clarity.
- rsr 4y agoIf a surgery were developed that reversed the effects of alcoholism and dramatically reduced a person's desire to consume alcohol, wouldn't we still consider that a medical breakthrough?
- mellosouls 4y agoI think so, but I suspect it would be neuro or related surgery and, regardless, we need to distinguish between severe "last resort" cases in extreme contexts (which obviously exist in alcohol, eating and other disorders), and more generally aimed surgical "quick fixes" as in the article that are a) not needed and b) detrimental to the individual and society as they undermine those long term solutions, disciple and moderation as discussed.