Tuesday, February 18, 2020

My Quick and Reliable Answer

New paper out and I'm going to answer their question for them:

"Why Hasn't Neuroscience Delivered for Psychiatry"?

Here is the answer: Psychiatry is not neuroscience. There are NOT genetic causes for depression, or bipolar disorder or anxiety, etc. This idea was concocted by people with little understanding (and an abject fear) of the human mind, and a desire to turn the field into something medical, largely for financial purposes. The research going on based on this premise is little more than self delusion.


Tuesday, February 4, 2020

Genes for Getting Beaten Up or Mistreated as a Child (Yes, this is a real study)

This is an actual genetic study to which some people are proud to have their attached:

Genomic influences on self-reported childhood maltreatment

The study failed to replicate (big surprise), and is entirely bogus and I could go through it and pick it apart but, instead, I am just going to say that the implication here is that there are genes for getting beaten up as a kid. I guess, that's what they are trying to say, anyway. I am just going to say that I find this disgusting and refuse to even engage with it further. The authors should be ashamed of themselves for printing it. I'll also point out that this is another example of a UK Biobank study where the application for the use of the database was deliberately vague. If you need to use subterfuge to get your study printed, then you are being doubly unethical.  Hopefully, as noted in my previous post, this type of drivel will be prevented from further use of the UK Biobank.