I think this misunderstands illnesses in general and is low-key dismissive of mental health issues.
One of your sons care is different for the same reason ones might be different if they both had flu but were suffering different severities of it. One might just need some bed rest, while the other could end up in hospital on a ventilator if their case is more severe. That ventilator won’t particularly help the one that needs bed rest, but is necessary for the other.
The difficulty in diagnosing is pretty inherent to mental health in general - where’s the cut off for depression, when one person is just numb to the world and another is constantly breaking down and trying to kill themselves? What about anxiety, where one person could freeze up a bit in social situations while another starts panicking as soon as they step outside? They’re still interfering with your life, just to different degrees.
I’m not dismissing mental health care. Mental health is very important and as a society we don’t put enough into treating/helping/improving it.
Like your depression example, should they be in the same bucket? Now as a layman, my understanding is they are due to low levels of serotonin being absorbed before re-uptake. So they have a common cause and treating that cause will probably help both parties. If there is a different cause like insufficient serotonin creation that should be treated differently.
If we took a trial of a new treatment it may only help those with low serotonin creation but with both groups in the bucket it may be deemed ineffective since the group it helps in such a low percentage of “depression”.
All of these conditions affect your life, all should be cared for, studied,treated etc. Yes they are serious.
I think this misunderstands illnesses in general and is low-key dismissive of mental health issues.
One of your sons care is different for the same reason ones might be different if they both had flu but were suffering different severities of it. One might just need some bed rest, while the other could end up in hospital on a ventilator if their case is more severe. That ventilator won’t particularly help the one that needs bed rest, but is necessary for the other.
The difficulty in diagnosing is pretty inherent to mental health in general - where’s the cut off for depression, when one person is just numb to the world and another is constantly breaking down and trying to kill themselves? What about anxiety, where one person could freeze up a bit in social situations while another starts panicking as soon as they step outside? They’re still interfering with your life, just to different degrees.
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I’m not dismissing mental health care. Mental health is very important and as a society we don’t put enough into treating/helping/improving it.
Like your depression example, should they be in the same bucket? Now as a layman, my understanding is they are due to low levels of serotonin being absorbed before re-uptake. So they have a common cause and treating that cause will probably help both parties. If there is a different cause like insufficient serotonin creation that should be treated differently.
If we took a trial of a new treatment it may only help those with low serotonin creation but with both groups in the bucket it may be deemed ineffective since the group it helps in such a low percentage of “depression”.
All of these conditions affect your life, all should be cared for, studied,treated etc. Yes they are serious.