[yequalsx]

Hallucinations are generally a pyschiatric problem. Being manic/depressive is a pyschiatric problem. Being a jerk isn't. Having a hard time saying saying no isn't. There are gray areas. As a rough approximation, where drugs can help it's psychiatric, where they can't it's psychological.

[JamesBarney]

If they develop a drug that keeps you from being a jerk does it become a psychiatric problem?

[yequalsx]

If it the jerk state is the result of a chemical/biological problem in the brain then yes.

[JamesBarney]

5-HT1A stimulation results in decreased aggression, increased sociability, and decreased impulsivity. Sounds like a lack of 5-ht1a activity might make you a jerk, and it's stimulation might cure it.

[yequalsx]

I’m not a psychiatrist, my wife is. I don’t know hat 5-HT1A is or what your point is. The brain is an organ. It’s the only organ that can be harmed by non-physical means. My understanding is that behavior problems resulting from lack of certain “chemicals” or over abundance of them are psychiatric problems. Problems that don’t arise from such brain defects aren’t. When other organs are defective and don’t produce the right stuff to function properly people take drugs in order to function properly. The brain is no different except there are times the damage is not medical. There are gray areas.

[JamesBarney]

5HT1A is a serotonin receptor generally thought to be responsible for the majority of SSRI effects.

Sorry I guess I wasn't very clear. My point is that there are some conditions that are just "medical". Things like parkinsons or ms. You usually see a neurologist for these conditions.

I'm arguing that any behavior a psychiatrist treats, has some neurological component. And many can be treated with therapy or drugs. So seems weird to use two categories where almost everything is falls into both categories