Mog Spawn@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoAutism Is Not a Single Condition and Has No Single Cause, Scientists Concludewww.wired.comexternal-linkmessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up1410arrow-down14cross-posted to: news@lemmy.worldwired@ibbit.at
arrow-up1406arrow-down1external-linkAutism Is Not a Single Condition and Has No Single Cause, Scientists Concludewww.wired.comMog Spawn@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square42fedilinkcross-posted to: news@lemmy.worldwired@ibbit.at
minus-squarescarabic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34arrow-down1·24 hours agoLooking back on medicine’s understanding of mental conditions, where things got lumped into ridiculous categories like “idiocy,” and then treated with lobotomies, it’s extremely easy to imagine that we are far from understanding it all.
minus-squareTexas_Hangover@lemmy.radiolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down1·19 hours agoIdiocy is still a huge problem though.
Looking back on medicine’s understanding of mental conditions, where things got lumped into ridiculous categories like “idiocy,” and then treated with lobotomies, it’s extremely easy to imagine that we are far from understanding it all.
Idiocy is still a huge problem though.