Saturday, March 5, 2016

Sally Satel, M.D. Precision Psychiatry: Hype or Promise?

3/5/16.  The Brain:  A Million-Billion Connections.

http://www.aei.org/publication/precision-psychiatry-hype-or-promise/

Dr. Satel:

"...The brain is the most intricate system in the known universe. Frustrating proof of this complexity is the fact that the biological basis of mental disorders has eluded us for centuries and largely continues to do so. The current state of neuroscientific knowledge is simply not mature enough to devise therapies based upon brain mechanisms. Nonetheless, there is little question that researchers are on a great odyssey of discovery about how the brain works..."