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Who is dual diagnosis? (piefed.cdn.blahaj.zone)
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[–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Well, N=2 but my son and I both experienced this first hand.

That said, having (admittedly long ago) worked in pharma/biotech I agree that without proper controls/constraints, it is a rather broad statement to make, regardless of how intuitive it is.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    And even when studies determine a therapy doesn't work, there is often a percentage it did work for. When they don't really understand the cause, nor why a treatment helps in some cases, the treatment shouldn't be ruled out, just lower on the priority list. A lot of current medicine is just trial and error without detailed understanding.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    "Trial and error" is the main name of the game in mental health treatments. Human variability in our reactions to drugs/biologics is never uniform and sometimes quite divergent. Then, we try to do brains.

    I'm still considering getting diagnosed (or not) despite having a now early 20s son on the spectrum and seeing all the flashing red light parallels. If I did this, the trick would be to find a therapist who knows what to do with people on the spectrum. And if i research that too much, it won't work. PubMed is a blessing for research ...just not for research on oneself!

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