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A complete disregard for using psychedelics to treat psychological disorders is the reason I can't take modern psychiatry seriously. We have compounds which are
by Produce 15y ago
A complete disregard for using psychedelics to treat psychological disorders is the reason I can't take modern psychiatry seriously. We have compounds which are capable of producing deep, lasting changes yet the field is so political in nature that we simply brush them off to the side. Just as there were serious consequences stemming from the influence of the church on society a couple of hundred years ago, so it is with business today.
- singular 15y agoYou have to be careful with psychedelics - they can potentially cause very serious problems as well as (allegedly) improve things. A close family relation and a number of his friends took relatively small amounts of LSD and as a result experienced very serious mental health issues, anecdotal but I think not unrelated, also I believe this is backed by studies.
- Produce 15y agoPsychedelics are tools, albeit very sharp ones. I could use my knife to kill myself or chop some vegetables for a healthy salad. I think that the risks are greatly diminished when psych's are used the in right setting, for the right purpose. Failing those safeguards, I imagine that the psychiatrist would have some anti-psychotics and benzodiazapines to pull the patient back out. Also, I imagine that in a therapeutic setting the patient would be evaluated to determine their risk of developing schizophrenia or other mental illnesses, and cut off if said risk is too high.