OBJECTION!

I say that's an overly specific and under sensitive claim to male: that we are implemented on a human brain.

Rather, we are implemented on a human body!

Everybody here has probably heard of the placebo effect. There are some interesting theories about how it works organically that you can read elsewhere. Though, there are other kinds of somatisation, that is, links from psychological phenomenon to physical phenomenon, which don't have any explanations. One is irritable bowel syndrome which has signicant overlap in suffering populations with individuals that have generalised anxiety disorder. Interestly, it can also be treated with cbt, as described here. Perhaps the microbes in guts control our brains! My imagination runs wild when there is little evidence for a particular line of thought! And, there's evidence for gut to brain associations in autism and mood disorders too! Perhaps one day gastroenterologists will treat half the psychological problems, and neurologists will treat the other half (e.g. psychotic disorders which have neurological organic causes rather than mere 'indicators' of problems down below, perhaps). Would love to see some LW heavy weights weigh in on this topic. I wonder if IBS tends to follow psychiatric medication use, since it's associated with higher serotonon! Though, CBT tends to work for IBS patients even when those with psychiatric diagnoses are excluded. Hm... I wonder if I should get my gut microbiome analysed? Are there any potentially useful interpretations, say for ubiome?