Thank you for your comments. I think it is a mista...

2009-01-26T13:28:00.000-05:00

Thank you for your comments. I think it is a mistake to subtract genetics from this equation. Though I wish it were so, I don't believe that children are born with a blank slate. We know too much about DNA and heritability to accept such a simple explanation.

Unfortunately, mental illness is much more complex and therefore deserving of informed study.

Nice post and an attempt at some human sympathy fo...

2008-12-23T23:30:00.000-05:00

Nice post and an attempt at some human sympathy for the plight of some of the less fortunate in our society. Im coming to the conclusion however that so called "mental illness" is 100% the result of our environment, education, diet and people we mix with. Except for the few very obvious differences, most babies are born healthy, its the misfortunes of life, inappropriate treatment at school, by parents, siblings and the lack of knowledge on how to react to these things that cause some of the more so called "mental disorders" that hang around. Nagging is a classic example of how easy it is to drive some one crazy, Remove the nagging suddenly you have a cured individual! Another example, In some countries gun ownership to the general citizenry is prohibited, no big surprise that the population rate of gun crazed killers is so much lower there is it? I beleive it is the opportunity to be crazy that causes the problems we are so quick to diagnose. Comments welcomed especially by early child care nurses and midwives. Keep smiling guys! You do a wonderful job!

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