Since being diagnosed with mental health issues in 2008 I have dedicated many years to doing research and trying to stay current with mental health care treatment and medications that are available to the general public.
We know so much more about the brain thanks to research that has been done over the years. For a long time it was thought that once the brain was changed or damaged it was impossible to repair. Medical science has taught us a great deal about Neuroplasticity, a lot more than we knew even as little as 20 years ago. I'm certain the future looks bright for those generations of people who will come into the world with their own mental health battles.
Unfortunately as far as the United States is concerned, we have two major hurdles to overcome. The first is overcoming the obstacles from pharmaceutical companies who are afraid of losing tons of money if people with mental illness rely less on medication and more on other therapies, and the second is the obstacles from politicians who go to Great lengths in order to protect the aforementioned obstacle. But I believe that this country will absolutely knock those walls down one day paving a clear road to alternative treatments that have already been proven to work and other treatments that research has just begun.
As a Kidney cancer survivor I know what it's like to have a particular type of diseas that, at one time, there was no cure for. Now in many cases it's 100% treatable. All said, when I feel at my lowest I always remind myself that the future is bright and my, yet to be born, grandchildren will not have to greatly endure this disease. It may not be much, and I may not live to see it, but it's one of the things that helps me get through the day.