Comment on Woman says faecal transplant saved her and could help many more like her
adhocfungus@midwest.social 3 days ago
The science seems to indicate this has the potential to fix a lot of illnesses, but I am beyond skeptical of anyone claiming that it can cure mental illness. Especially something as complex as bipolar disorder.
Yeah there’s too much pseudoscience around mental health to take one anecdotal case seriously. I’d even go as far to say that publishing this as “news” is pretty irresponsible.
Come back when you have a peer-reviewed study with dozens of test cases please
This anecdotal case is currently being used as a justification to FUND a study. Without miraculous cases like this it is very difficult to actually get your grants signed.
I wouldn’t scoff at one-off cases like these, they carve the path for rigorous research.
Oh yeah, by all means report on this case to the psychologist community. I’m saying you shouldn’t just spread this everywhere and call it “news”; There’s too many stupid people willing to do shit like feed their kinds bleach because they think it cures autism or some shit.
Yeah there are plenty of time’s that one-off case studies are vital to psychological scientific progress. Phineas Gage was crucial to early understandings of which parts of the brain did what, but we aren’t exactly going to shoot railroad ties through people’s head just to prove those things, are we?
ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Most of the body’s serotonin receptors are in the GI tract. We are only beginning to understand how the body regulates these chemicals.