I find myself repeatedly and increasingly astounded with how clueless most doctors honestly are about their given fields and the treatments they prescribe.

I mean I guess I wouldn't be surprised if an MD would be that clueless, but someone specifically specializing in the psychiatric or psychological field really shouldn't be so clueless. It's not even a remotely newly understood phenomena either.

I've been, hesitantly, investigating the new findings from psychedelic-based treatments. Something I realized, and quickly confirmed, was that a lot of the interest and money is almost certainly coming from pharmaceutical companies who are eager to develop and patent new treatments based off of this stuff, without directly putting themselves at risk during the research phase.

Now, that doesn't negate the possible efficacy currently being tested and evaluated, but it does mean that patients ought to keep both eyes open when they look into what kind of doctor and/or facility they're hooking up with, and what kind of treatment regiment is being offered. Because I think that some of these companies are testing synthetically designed variants that drug companies are trying to build new patented drugs on. And my level of trust in their typical approach to developing reliable treatments is not especially high. And they do love burying side effects and risks under the rug.

I find myself repeatedly and increasingly astounded with how clueless most doctors honestly are about their given fields and the treatments they prescribe.

I mean I guess I wouldn't be surprised if an MD would be that clueless, but someone specifically specializing in the psychiatric or psychological field really shouldn't be so clueless. It's not even a remotely newly understood phenomena either.

I've been, hesitantly, investigating the new findings from psychedelic-based treatments. Something I realized, and quickly confirmed, was that a lot of the interest and money is almost certainly coming from pharmaceutical companies who are eager to develop and patent new treatments based off of this stuff, without directly putting themselves at risk during the research phase.

Now, that doesn't negate the possible efficacy currently being tested and evaluated, but it does mean that patients ought to keep both eyes open when they look into what kind of doctor and/or facility they're hooking up with, and what kind of treatment regiment is being offered. Because I think that some of these companies are testing synthetically designed variants that drug companies are trying to build new patented drugs on. And my level of trust in their typical approach to developing reliable treatments is not especially high. And they do love burying side effects and risks under the rug.