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Mental Health Support

mopinko

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8. what bothers me is the people who slip through the check boxes.

Reply to Tobin S. (Reply #7)

Sun Feb 18, 2018, 08:14 PM

Feb 2018

such a crude instrument. and so full of bias.
we really need biometrics. we will never find the other causes, the other "problems" until we can actually nail down the dsm biggies w actual markers. so many faulty dx's.

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sharing my fb post from this am- it is time to move past the idea of "mental illness" [View all] mopinko Feb 2018 OP

While I share your sentiment, did you forget what shit hole country we are in? Moostache Feb 2018 #1

well, i sorta did, cuz mopinko Feb 2018 #2

I don't think it's all physiological, either. Tobin S. Feb 2018 #3

we are starting to find the differences. mopinko Feb 2018 #5

Totally physiological explanations for mental illness beg the question... Tobin S. Feb 2018 #7

what bothers me is the people who slip through the check boxes. mopinko Feb 2018 #8

I've frequently said that we're still in the Dark Ages re understanding No Vested Interest Feb 2018 #4

yup. i think the light is starting to dawn. mopinko Feb 2018 #6

The changes in the brain now so obvious in football players and those in other contact No Vested Interest Feb 2018 #10

ALL mental health patients should have a VERY THOROUGH medical examination steve2470 Feb 2018 #9

actually my daughter DID have lots of medical evals, mopinko Feb 2018 #11

wow sorry to hear all this steve2470 Feb 2018 #12

well one thing i did right was mopinko Feb 2018 #13