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Comment by esseph

5 days ago

Congrats, you just described mental healthcare.

And a bunchhhhh of other things.

You have state examination for other professions? We only have them for medical professions, laywers, criminal-related professions and teachers.

I think in most cases were the patient thinks he is smarter than the doctor, the latter already knows the argument, but also why it is wrong/more complicated. When something is understoodable by laymen, the doctor will be fine to understand it and better suited to judge it.

  • You misunderstand.

    "How would they selecting medication, when they wouldn't know the mechanism of action?"

    Mechanism of action is not known in 10-20% of current medications and treatments, across the board.

    We /already/ prescribe things without knowing how they work.