Other solutions than drugs and bad therapy (Score 1)

Mental illness is a problem. Many people are living what I consider a less than average life because of it. Now I accept that drugs help, but they are not what I consider a viable solution. They don't 'cure' the illness, they only hide the symptoms. As soon as you take away the drug, along comes the problem again. I've seen it oftern, where somone is on anti-depressants, feels good enough to decide they don't need the drugs, then attempt suicide after the drugs wear off. What I beleive needs to be done is teach the psychologists to help people effectivly. 5 years in therapy is _NOT_ acceptable. Brief therapy, NLP, Hypnosis are some of the more effective methods of therapy in term of change. Many times these methods have been effective cures when more popular methods continued to fail. Of course, only a small number of therapists actually know of other methods of therapy other than Freud. Why would they want to? I mean, a patient for 5 years is steady income. What other fields of expertese do you get paid _NOT_ to get results... Within IT, you'd be out of a job if you took 5 years to acheive the result the client wants.... Maybe pay the shrink when the wanted change occurs, that would give them incentive. Use the drug (if needed) till the person is stable. Then get them _good_ help to allow them to be stable without the drug. I've read very emotive posts here about how drugs help the posters. That is great, and what would you do with all the money you spend on drugs if you didn't have to buy drugs any more? Why not go even further, would you like to be better than average, better than 'not sad'? Get a drug, then get them good help to get them off a drug. It is possible. Many Many others have done it. Of course then doctors have no interest in people being well ... They don't get paid ..... There are better ways than the way it's done now. Quigybow