CURE Quote
Recovery (from Borderline Personality Disorder) requires that life satisfactions be ”good enough,” not ideal. The aim of therapy is care, not cure. Yet care can allow a natural (but gradual) process of recovery to unfold
— Joel Paris, Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder A Guide to Evidence-Based Practice, 2020Archives
Monthly Archives: December 2015
The Un-science of Clinical Studies
The double blind placebo controlled clinical trial is often touted as the foundation of scientific medical studies. But the science of medicine is broken. The double blind placebo controlled clinical trial is at the heart of the problem that has … Continue reading
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Solving the Mysteries of Anecdotal Cures
“Every illness can be cured. No disease can be cured.” – the Healthicine Creed Is that sense, or nonsense? It depends on your definitions, your definition of illness, and your definition of disease, and your definition of cured.
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The Healthicine Oath
Maybe you’ve heard of the Hippocratic Oath? Hippocrates, the father of western medicine, is believed to have written the oath, over 2300 years ago. The original oath has many statements that are ignored, even contradicted by current medical practice. It begins, … Continue reading
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