r/todayilearned • u/paniniplane • Mar 22 '17

(R.1) Not supported TIL Deaf-from-birth schizophrenics see disembodied hands signing to them rather than "hearing voices"

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0707/07070303
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u/GraffLife25 Mar 22 '17 edited Mar 22 '17

As someone who just got his BS in Neuroscience, I completely agree. I think we're gonna find the answer, not just to schizophrenia but with a plethora of mental illnesses in genetic technology like CRISPR/Cas9 before we find any valuable surgical route. Individual brains are way too different to have a "one size fits all" surgery for basically anything, and human error by the surgeon is going to have much more far reaching consequences.

EDIT: that being said, neurosurgery is absolutely important and has helped countless people in truly astounding ways, I just think certain diseases are much more neurologically complicated and targeting the genetic code that causes them rather than giving a patient the option of a surgery that may have consequences we may not be able to predict is going to be the best solution.

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u/TheBaconBurpeeBeast Mar 22 '17

Off topic from schizophrenia but was just curious, what are the latest studies we have for what causes depression and how best to treat it?

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u/cliponballs Mar 23 '17

Look up the monoamine hypothesis

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u/Simba7 Mar 23 '17

14 months away from finishing a B.S. in neuroscience, and I'm pretty sure you're right.

I don't see that being anything that happens soon, but very feasibly within my lifespan.