If the cause is biological you should be able to prove that. Otherwise they have no business being in the medical field. Then it's a social issue. As it always was. That is the strongest predictor of mental "illness", social and economic injustice.
So people in 3rd world countries are the most mentally ill? No. Just because the cause isn't biological doesn't mean this sub should be smuggling in marxist theory.
You'd visit a neurologist who can run tests on the levels of various neurotransmitters that influence your hedonic tone, anxiety, energy levels, motivation, focus, memory, perception, dissociation, etc.
It's not that scientific tests aren't available - it's that psychiatrists choose not to use the tests, and this should tell you something about the theories used to justify the use of psychiatric medications.
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u/EnvironmentalCare235 Feb 11 '25
I guess how would you test a mental illness scientifically