How 23 is replacing 18 in treating the mind.

Oh, the irony and hypocrisy of it all.

Medication increasingly replaces psychotherapy, study finds – Los Angeles Times

Psychiatrists who said they provided psychotherapy to all of their patients declined to 10.8% in 2004-2005 from 19.1% in 1996-1997, according to the report. Consistent with previous studies, researchers found that patients who paid out-of-pocket, generally the wealthiest patient group, were more likely to receive psychotherapy.

Sorry to sound cryptic. Is just that I see psychotherapy exemplified in Hexagram 18 and I see shotgun, chemical treatments, as exemplified in Hexagram 23.

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