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It's strange how much attention novel psychedelic treatments get compared with older, less glamorous interventions that already help a lot of people
by KolibriFly 5mo ago
It's strange how much attention novel psychedelic treatments get compared with older, less glamorous interventions that already help a lot of people
- H8crilA 5mo agoMy point exactly. I am not saying psychedelics do not help people, they clearly help some people with some problems. But the balance of research and general interest is not proportional to how promising both paths already look. For example, which treatments are safer long term? It's unclear. At the same time it's clear that there can be unwanted long term side effects. In one very particular case, pregnant women that unfortunately do need something, we already know from physics and data on anesthesia that ECT is the better choice.
- Dylan16807 5mo agoYeah, super weird how people want to get away from the "less glamorous" intervention of deliberate brain damage.
- H8crilA 5mo agoExactly. Just like paracetamol and autism. Like that's a difficult decision, duh.
- cluckindan 5mo agoBring back lobotomy!
- baq 5mo agoPeople have been self medicating with shrooms and salvia since prehistoric times, perhaps reconsider what is novel?