Posted by toojane on January 23, 2007, at 21:45:17
In reply to Re: Year End » toojane, posted by Cecilia on January 23, 2007, at 8:02:42
> Treatment that works would be worth any price. But when I add up all the money I've paid for totally useless treatment it makes me furious. Cecilia
This is where I get confused. How do you know if it works? Is mental illness something that can be cured, like a wart. One day you have it and then it's gone and you can clearly see it went away.
Or is it chronic and ongoing, like diabetes, and you only can ever hope to manage it and live with it somehow and therapy helps you do that. But you always need it, like insulin.
How can you tell if treatment is useless? If you are still alive, does that mean therapy "works." What is a realistic outcome to hope for or expect?
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