Uncertainty, Complexity and Stigma are Driving the Need for Better Treatments and Answers

Conjecture

• I came across a Harvard Course on STIGMA and they were looking at it from various perspectives including mental health, weight, sexuality, poverty, etc.
  • I thought it was very interesting the discussion on "Mental Illness" and it was very much looking at PUBLIC ATTITUDES to various explanations of Mental Illness.
    • None of which seemed particularly accurate given current research.

 

The point I'm trying to make is that PUBLIC ATTITUDES are not IRRELEVANT  ---

• But the keys that are really going to alleviate that UNCERTAINTY ----
• Are better understandings and treatments.

Further, our CHRONIC DISEASE CRISIS is driving the need for PRECISION, INDIVIDUALIZED MEDICINE.The NUMBER OF FACTORS to be considered is also driving the development of AI in Medicine.