The Treacherous Dichotomy: Physical Illness Versus Mental Illness

Scientists have shown that “mental” illness is actually the result of physical brain abnormalities, but most people are still using misleading terminology.

The stakes are high, as the way we look at, label, and treat mental illness has resulted in unnecessary suffering, symptomatology, disability, and suicides.

Stefan Lerner, M.D., challenges the status quo in this treatise, arguing that psychiatrists need to be trained like neurologists, focusing on the physical brain and its pathologies....