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In reply to the discussion: President Trump Forced Governors to Flatter him and Ask 'NICELY' to Get Vital Federal Disaster Aid [View all]mopinko
(73,751 posts)the convos i've had here and elsewhere has convinced me that we rly need to recognize mental disorders, definitively.
the mental health diagnostic tools we have right now are as crude as they were in the 50's. i know, i've taken those tests. 50 true/false questions and you can lose your liberty. biased damn questions.
we rly need to get to the brain science of it all.
we are getting there w the research, but we are still a long way from something like a pet scan that can tell you, exactly, what is going wrong w a brain.
personally, i no longer accept there is such a thing as 'mental health', separate from brain health.
and there is no brain health separate from the rest of the body's health. nor do i believe brain health cannot be seen. we have ct scans, mri's, pet scans. so far the va has sussed out the dif between ptsd and tbi's, an extremely important distinction. the tools are there, now we need data.
in my perfect future, you need a full medical eval to get on the ballot to be prez. and that includes your brain, and we have standards to compare to.
the days of people arguing whether a person is mentally ill, has a personality disorder, or has beginnings of dementia would be over. tfg's mri becomes a poster of who not to let have car keys, let alone high office.