Fwiw, for mental health I’m not sure whether therapy is more likely to treat the ‘root causes’ than medications. You could have a model where some ‘chemical thingie’ that can be treated by meds is the root cause of mental illness and the actual cognitive thoughts treated by therapy are the symptoms.
In reality, I’m not sure the distinction is even meaningful given all the feedback loops involved.
Fwiw, for mental health I’m not sure whether therapy is more likely to treat the ‘root causes’ than medications. You could have a model where some ‘chemical thingie’ that can be treated by meds is the root cause of mental illness and the actual cognitive thoughts treated by therapy are the symptoms.
In reality, I’m not sure the distinction is even meaningful given all the feedback loops involved.