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Mental Health Support

HereSince1628

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9. "Treatment" is also pretty nebulous

Reply to No Vested Interest (Reply #3)

Mon Mar 30, 2015, 06:36 PM

Mar 2015

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I suppose the same can be said for "recovery" too.

And while I'm at it I might as well say there seems to be no guarantee that immutable refers to a characteristic of a disorder so much as it refers to the short comings of available treatment to facilitate and/or expedite such recovery.

And I'm pretty sure that as providers get to write the narratives in textbooks and journals the literature suggest it's not a short-coming related to their performance of "treating"

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keep fighting the good fight, folks. [View all] mopinko Mar 2015 OP

the older i get, the more i dislike that term fizzgig Mar 2015 #1

it deserves to be buried. mopinko Mar 2015 #2

Hell, my mom got blamed for my asthma... hunter Mar 2015 #4

i found the attitude so disturbing when dealing w troubled teens. mopinko Mar 2015 #6

The term "mental illness" is so broad it lacks any real meaning. No Vested Interest Mar 2015 #3

Modern meds work well enough for me. hunter Mar 2015 #5

Hunter, we celebrate that you've had great results with meds and have No Vested Interest Mar 2015 #7

I'm not fixed or cured in any way, nor am in a place I "want to be." hunter Mar 2015 #8

Well, Hunter, I've read your postings over time and as far as I'm concerned No Vested Interest Mar 2015 #11

"Treatment" is also pretty nebulous HereSince1628 Mar 2015 #9

The copilot could have been acutely mentally ill, but here is what bugs me... HereSince1628 Mar 2015 #10

I never got my picture taken for the high school or college yearbooks. hunter Mar 2015 #12

And now video from the plane as it crashes? WTF?? HereSince1628 Mar 2015 #13

Apparently released by unknown sources to a FRENCH magazine. Bias? Perhaps HereSince1628 Mar 2015 #14