>I definitely get the “we don’t understand the brain” aspect. This applies to a ton of things in psychology which I can’t say I’m a fan of. For instance my sist

>I definitely get the “we don’t understand the brain” aspect. This applies to a ton of things in psychology which I can’t say I’m a fan of. For instance my sister (a psych major) spent thanksgiving arguing with me that babies can be born sociopaths. This is something we definitely can’t state for sure and seems like predetermination with a fancy name. I'd go further and say that most things we class as "mental illness" is just a way of categorizing our ignorance. Even drugs that purport to help with "mental illness" at best treat some of the symptoms of the unknown causes of such symptoms often have side effects that can be worse than the symptoms. While significant advances in neuroscience have given us more knowledge about how our brains/mental states work, most attempts at treatment are at the level of trepanning[0] to release evil spirits. Hopefully that will change as we learn more. I'm not holding my breath. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trepanning https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trepanning