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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