Monday, September 09, 2013

The New Science of (The Diseased) Mind

Sholom Tendler
Yisroel Belsky




Yehuda Kolko

"ANY discussion of the biological basis of psychiatric disorders must include genetics. And, indeed, we are beginning to fit new pieces into the puzzle of how genetic mutations influence brain development. ........Our understanding of the biology of mental disorders has been slow in coming, but recent advances like these have shown us that mental disorders are biological in nature, that people are not responsible for having schizophrenia or depression, and that individual biology and genetics make significant contributions........"

READ ENTIRE ARTICE: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/08/opinion/sunday/the-new-science-of-mind.html?pagewanted=1&src=recg