[lbo-talk] let's argue about the cause of mental illness

[Chris Doss]

The assertion that depression (or any mental state) is a result of brain chemistry is true but vacuous. It is parallel to the claim that seeing the sun is the result of stimulation of the optic nerve. True, but it leaves something out that is kind of important.

--- On Wed, 8/26/09, Left-Wing Wacko <leftwingwacko at gmail.com> wrote:
> And she was quite adamant that "the state of the science"
> attributes
> depression nearly exclusively to "the medical model" of
> brain
> chemistry.  That the present life conditions or
> circumstances of the
> patient are not really important or relevant at all. 
> This struck me
> as just completely absurd and overly reductionist.
>