Yes, I agree with what you say. Many of the professionals I have encountered or those in the care of family and friends have been well meaning, I have never had the situation where they aren’t trying to help. Maybe, sometimes it seems like you are not listened to, another criticism might be a lack of adaptability when situations don’t follow the expected textbook outcome.
My cousin is a psychiatrist in New Zealand now, I know it is not an easy job there are times when she has been physically hurt. I am glad there are people willing to work in this field. However, there is always room for improvement in any discipline.
Funnily enough, I almost wrote a similar draft wondering about the outcome of these myself, in relation to the long facts and feelings post (Drawing the line between feeling and fact). I was wondering about the mechanisms behind emotion/reaction.
Yes, I agree that there must be some neurochemical basis. This ties in to what I was saying was for the need for people to give an oversimplification of the process just to try and appease the public. That is why I am curious as to what additional data something link Elon Musk’s Neuralink might gather. I don’t think it will be some utopian cure for mental health issues but I am curious as to what type of data it might gather in helping to try and understand these disorders better.