| There are many great challenges facing people with a | | | | depression has a tendency to come back even if at |
| mental illness such as depression, schizophrenia, or | | | | some point in the past it has been 'cured', unlike a |
| ADHD; however, the biggest challenge in my view is | | | | physical injury that tends to not re-occur once it has |
| that these people are on many occasions seen as an | | | | been cured. My worry is that this must be very |
| embarrassment and hardly anyone is willing to talk to | | | | demotivating which given the conditions involved for |
| them about the best way to cure these illnesses. | | | | the patient, is an extremely counter productive |
| Many people, including professionals seem extremely | | | | situation. |
| loathe to consider the possibility of curing a mental | | | | Physicians have a phrase for the "non-curing" of |
| illness but only look to reduce its impact. | | | | these types of illness which they call "in remission" |
| I for one do not understand why we can't consider | | | | rather than cured. Nobody seems willing to say this. |
| looking to cure these illnesses. Why is this such an | | | | Obviously no one can lie to people who are ill and tell |
| impossibility? We only seem to be able to find an | | | | them they are cured when they are not. However, |
| array of treatments, some which work and others | | | | would not putting a positive spin on the situation |
| that don't or are complete shams. From personal | | | | actually help 'cure' these individuals. Surely someone |
| experience from people close to me ( a close friend | | | | who has been depressed that are told that they |
| ), it can take a long time to find a treatment that has | | | | have been cured would only help their mental state. |
| any impact at all let alone finding the right person to | | | | This long question brings me to my point of whether |
| prescribe this treatment. | | | | mental illnesses can actually be cured. Professional's |
| Once my friend was taking her treatment the | | | | help people cope with the illnesses and in many |
| physician never mentioned curing the illness but just | | | | instances improve their mental health but never seem |
| how best to live through it. Now my friend has | | | | to actually cure them. |
| improved, but at no point has she ever been told she | | | | Does anyone know of a cure for mental illnesses or |
| has been cured, but just that she is getting better. I | | | | are we forever going to just manage the |
| think it is unlikely that she will ever be told she is | | | | symptoms? I would imagine that a cure will be found |
| cured. It appears cures can only be for physical | | | | at some point in the future and people will look back |
| injuries such as broken bones. | | | | at the 'barbaric' treatments and attitudes we |
| I don't understand this. Why does a doctor or | | | | currently have. I just hope for my friend and others |
| physician seem so unwilling to admit someone can be | | | | that these cures will be found in the near future |
| cured of an illness such as depression. In my opinion I | | | | rather than in the year 3000. |
| think this is caused by the fact that something like | | | | |