Cures Quote by R. D. Laing

The neurotic has problems; the psychotic has solutions.

— Thomas Szasz

it must depend as much upon the patient's willingness to be cured, as upon the physician's skill in curing. There is neither force not…

— Phyllis Bottome

“People with mental illness are very much like people without mental illness only more so. What we lose with a psychotic episode is the…

— Mark Vonnegut

Far from the stereotype that psychodynamic treatments are appropriate only for the 'worried well,' a growing body of evidence points to their efficacy in…

— Robert J. Waldinger

“We have been focusing on the role that psychiatry and its medications may be playing in this epidemic, and the evidence is quite clear.…

— Robert Whitaker

There are certain societal laws that are just accepted, things that are arbitrary. I think the fun thing about psychotics is that they question…

— David Harbour

“This is the exact opposite of that lazy acquiescence in irrationality which is sometimes urged by those who only know that psychoanalysis has shown…

— Bertrand Russell

I tell patients that tranquilizers alone never cure anyone. They merely reduce the intensity of the symptoms and make life slightly more endurable. They…

— Abram Hoffer

We need to ask whether, in the long term, some individuals with a history of psychosis may do better off medication.

— Thomas R. Insel

There is also evidence from epidemiological studies that psychotic-like experiences are much more common than has hitherto been thought (with about 10% of the…

— Richard Bentall

The dirty little secret of both clinical psychology and biological psychiatry is that they have completely given up on the notion of cure.

— Martin Seligman

“psychopaths are resistant to treatment regimens; in fact, they often become more dangerous after treatment as they learn how to manipulate the system. Studies…

— Steven Briggs