Radio Doug

[Marta Russell]

>
>It's not very productive to blame anyone or anything. Thoughts &
>experiences make physical changes in the brain. Doug seems not even to
>be aware of what neuropsychiatry and neurology are about, let alone any
>current research in those fields. As far as I know "biochemistry" does
>not "cause" mental illness, but no mental illness (or mental health)
>exists independently of brain chemistry.
>
>Carrol

And further evidence of this is the overwhelming numbers of late 
onset conditions that mental health specialists see -- Trouble 
sleeping -- insomnia, for instance, can be related to accummulative 
stresses over a life time that have altered one's ability to just 
fall asleep.  There are hormones which promote sleep but seem to stop 
working in some people and do not do their job anymore.

Marta
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