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originally posted by: SailorJerry
a reply to: RAY1990
John Nash would probably disagree that mental illness doesn't exist. A brilliant if not genius level intellect who suffered from acute schizophrenia.
So this premise that intelligent people don't suffer is a ridiculous notion
(they cause imbalances in the brain chemistry)
However, if you had actually investigated the APA’s 2005 statement, you would have chosen answer 4. Here is the complete passage from the APA’s “Healthy Minds” Web site, intended for the general public: The exact causes of mental disorders are unknown, but an explosive growth of research has brought us closer to the answers.
We can say that certain inherited dispositions interact with triggering environmental factors. Poverty and stress are well-known to be bad for your health—this is true for mental health and physical health. In fact, the distinction between “mental” illness and “physical” illness can be misleading. Like physical illnesses, mental disorders can have a biological nature. Many physical illnesses can also have a strong emotional component [italics added].2
It’s also true, as critics of the chemical imbalance hypothesis point out, that the term “imbalance” is misleading. To validate an imbalance, we must first have a quantitative understanding of the optimal neurochemical balance in the brain—and, given the scores of neurotransmitters now identified, this balance has yet to be ascertained
You know who else don't like the idea of mental health problems being real? Scientologists. Scientology hates psychiatry
originally posted by: TheConstruKctionofLight
a reply to: Noinden
You know who else don't like the idea of mental health problems being real? Scientologists. Scientology hates psychiatry
That's a very scientific answer coming from you. Equating it to Scientology - a known organization that has been involved in threatening the FBI and also involved in kidnapping and other cult like behaviour.
You just lost all credibility after you spent time trying to throw your background around.