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Old 07-02-2018, 08:24 AM
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I personally believe that mental illness is more about the physical brain than the psych. I am NOTHING but convinced that much more research needs to be done on brain function. Many people who have been through similar trauma come out with entirely different outcomes simply because their brains are wired differently.
I agree. The Salk institute in California has done imaging that verified that many people with autism have a smaller part of the brain that controls social interaction and people with Williams Syndrome, known for their ease in talk and interaction have a larger than normal part that controls social interaction. Our daughter was part of that research led by Dr. Ursula Belugi, some years ago.

Nothing makes us happier than our sweet daughter.

That said, we may find out that talk therapy is not as effective for mental and emotional illness as it once was thought to be. I hope for new answers for this large group of heart breaking and misunderstood diagnoses.
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