Drugs aren't solving mental illness — here's what might [BusinessInsider.com]

Samantha Sangenito 8/18/154:00 AM

Mental illness is nothing new. Even thousands of years ago, Hippocrates recognized the difference between momentary sadness and illness, writing that if "a fright or despondency lasts for a long time, it is a melancholic affection."

Much in medicine has changed since then — Hippocrates also noted that blood-letting works best in the springtime — yet our confusion over the best way to treat mental illness has remained.

[For more of this story, written by Lauren Friedman, go to http://www.techinsider.io/nimh...2015-7#ixzz3j5OdxQAs]

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