[markroseman]

Yes the science has a long way to go, but you're ridiculously generalizing. Some people stay on antidepressants long term, but most don't. Many psychotropics are used only short term. I think your test/cure paradigm is a bit of a "red herring"... maybe it would be nice if it were the case, but symptom (and impact) based diagnosis plus subjective improvement to symptoms, functioning and quality of life still counts to people actually suffering, as well as their families.

[imperio59]

If you have a medical disease, you talk about finding a cure... For aids, cancer, diabetes... The research is headed towards cures.

Funny enough that all the PR and talk from Pharma companies on these psychiatric drugs is all about treatment, and "living"and "coping"with symptoms... No cures, just selling you pills that don't actually work to cure your problem, just masks the symptoms or distracts you with side effects that are worse than your original issue (like obesity, loss of sexual function, etc...)