> I've never seen a doctor in the field ever recommend any of these, [...]. There is a disconnect between what we know and what is practiced.
The disconnect has been present since the 1800's (ref: Mad in America [0]), where the Quakers got much better results in their Asylums [1] than the medical asylums. The Quakers were pushed out of the asylum business by doctors, who by the early 1900's thought their patients benefited from getting lobotomized and electrocuted.
2 days ago I saw this article from 15 years ago in /newest:
Someone noticed a link between cortisol and psychosis in the 1950's. Scientists have known since the 1970's that so-called "mental" problems are related to the metabolism, that stress impairs the metabolism, and that "mental" problems resolve with appropriate metabolic interventions. Infections are a type of stress - I think emotional stress is a more important factor for most such patients than actual infections.
The disconnect has been present since the 1800's (ref: Mad in America [0]), where the Quakers got much better results in their Asylums [1] than the medical asylums. The Quakers were pushed out of the asylum business by doctors, who by the early 1900's thought their patients benefited from getting lobotomized and electrocuted.
2 days ago I saw this article from 15 years ago in /newest:
Diseases of the Mind (2003) (newsweek.com) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17975716
Someone noticed a link between cortisol and psychosis in the 1950's. Scientists have known since the 1970's that so-called "mental" problems are related to the metabolism, that stress impairs the metabolism, and that "mental" problems resolve with appropriate metabolic interventions. Infections are a type of stress - I think emotional stress is a more important factor for most such patients than actual infections.
[0] https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0465020143 [1] http://qmh.haverford.edu/