July 28, 2014

Desperate Attempt To Connect Science With Psychiatry



"Mental illnesses are only accessible to researchers through new understandings of genetics." Gasp! Decades of using human subjects for psychiatric research were simply all exercises in sadistic criminal abuses? "progress in the study of mental illnesses seems more attainable than ever, those involved with the center say." $650 million will fund more researchers to look for progress in studying mental illnesses? Much cheaper to simply continue consensus definition of mental illnesses, and pizza parties to study progress? “'Human genomics has begun to reveal the causes of these disorders,' said Stanley, the founder and chairman of MBI, a company that sells collectibles," The founder of a collectibles company founded the psychiatric research center? Yikes! Prior to discovery of the human genome, causes of mental illnesses were unknown? "The topic of mental health is personal for Stanley. His son, Jonathan, suffered from severe bipolar disorder," There is an national lobbyist entity for drug companies which promotes drug treatment founded by parents of mental patients. Why are persons with disabilities prevented from speaking for themselves? Do homosexuals, black people and women need their mentors to speak for them, to tell others what they need? These alleged illnesses, created by consensus, are symptoms, protected behavior and speech, which are treated with drugs. How will these drugs affect the human genome? Will future treatment be genetically enhanced humans to "cure" mental illnesses, i.e., to curb undesirable speech and behavior? The goal of connecting psychiatry to science, without evidence, is getting exponentially obtuse and absurd. More, more money is needed. Is obsession with fund raising a possible new mental disorder? 
[From article]
Mental illnesses are only accessible to researchers through new understandings of genetics.
[. . .]
progress in the study of mental illnesses seems more attainable than ever, those involved with the center say.
[. . .]
“Human genomics has begun to reveal the causes of these disorders,” said Stanley, the founder and chairman of MBI, a company that sells collectibles,
[. . .]
“This kind of commitment makes it possible to take risks...to design projects that are high-risk but would be transformational if they succeed,” McCarroll said.
The topic of mental health is personal for Stanley. His son, Jonathan, suffered from severe bipolar disorder,

http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2014/7/27/broad-record-psychiatric-gift/

Record-Setting $650M Donation Paves Way for Psychiatric Research at Broad
By TYLER S. OLKOWSKI
Harvard CRIMSON STAFF WRITER
July 26, 2014

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