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Mental Health Information

LiberalArkie

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1. I would agree with the title. Brain chemistry, Genetics, Environment

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Mon Apr 18, 2016, 09:03 AM

Apr 2016

Along with parasites also, any or all of them. Also have to throw in society. What is normal to one society might be abnormal to another. What might might be perfectly ok to be sitting around all day reading and working in ones garden by themselves might be pleasant to some but to another it might seem to be withdrawn and out of touch to another.

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What causes mental disorders...Brain chemistry? Genetics? or Environment? [View all] HereSince1628 Apr 2016 OP

I would agree with the title. Brain chemistry, Genetics, Environment LiberalArkie Apr 2016 #1

What is "pleasant to some but to another it might seem to be withdrawn and out of touch to another" HereSince1628 Apr 2016 #2

With me, I have had low testosterone level most of my life and started with a low LiberalArkie Apr 2016 #3

seems to me to be basically an irrelevant argument. mopinko Apr 2016 #4

Yes, I think the more we understand about -ALL- the factors HereSince1628 Apr 2016 #5

if there wasnt such a long history of false blame mopinko Apr 2016 #6

I think you're sort of missing the point. It's not saying there is no role for genetics or pharma HereSince1628 Apr 2016 #7

just seems to me that we already milked that cow. mopinko Apr 2016 #8

Just because something wasn't done well in the past doesn't mean that area should be ignored HereSince1628 Apr 2016 #9

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