I am talking specifically about the MH field. It's the only one without any cures and probably the most profitable for medication. If you are taking medication for life you are not "cured". A diabetic taking insulin is not "cured" either.
I think "cures" will only start when we start recognizing it as part culture. Anthropologists can tell you other cultures don't see various illnesses as illnesses. The culture defines what is a disease. That is not saying there aren't people that aren't sick in any culture. It is a spectrum so a severely depressed or autistic person is ill in every culture. You can not draw that line if you don't acknowledge what is really happening.
In fact I shared this with a cube neighbor just yesterday:
According to the doctor regarding the disease Drapetomania:
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The cause in the most of cases, that induces the negro to run away from service, is as much a disease of the mind as any other species of mental alienation, and much more curable, as a general rule. With the advantages of proper medical advice, strictly followed, this troublesome practice that many negroes have of running away, can be almost entirely prevented, although the slaves be located on the borders of a free state, within a stone’s throw of the abolitionists.
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The author makes a very important point at the end:
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Even at the time, Dr Cartwright’s proposed mental disorder was thoroughly mocked. What an utterly ridiculous suggestion that this was some sort of mental illness. Thank goodness we live in more enlightened times.
Oppositional Defiant Disorder is a mental illness that causes children to get angry and refuse to do what they’re told. It is treated by sending the parents to parenting classes.
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http://theworldofmentalists.com/2013...s-to-run-away/
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