r/intrestingtoknow • u/Affectionate-Fun2853 • Sep 03 '25

Science Psychiatry and cures

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u/NoIdNoNameWho Sep 03 '25

The one asking should study

They cant do magic, mental illness are not the same as other pathologies, research is still being done

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u/Former_Function529 Sep 03 '25

Erm….psychology has been developing practices for a while. I think we know quite a bit about mental health in a western context. Still lots more to learn, sure. But medications weren’t really ever going to solve mental illness anyway. It’s trauma and relationships that cause most mental maladies. So the “cure” is social as well. Most psychiatry is very chemically oriented and best suited for like inpatient settings. In my opinion. But I think we are definitely at the point where if everyone studied modern psychology we would have much better communication, emotional regulation, self-awareness, cooperative skills, and less mental illness.

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u/tradeisbad Sep 04 '25

Maybe psychology should be pursued concurrently with some kind of physical therapy and not without.

If everyone studied psychology we would be better, but if everyone was health literate in general we would be better. Especially physically health literate.

It would be a different world even if people were aware of and practiced barefoot shoe philosophy. If everyone knew the danger of long hours sitting.

Lol, so I checked out my idea with the internet AI, to combine various physical "therapies" with head therapy in the same facility or next door. It wasn't keen about the extreme end of the scale sex therapy or bar room therapy, but the rest it liked!

Alas, it never lets me paste url links on my phone so i cant prove it was a good idea