Commentary

Of Hype and Hope: The Past and Future of Mental Health Care

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During the golden age of antibiotics when, penicillin miraculously cured infections that were the leading causes of death, many leaders in medicine, including the U.S. Surgeon General, predicted modern medicine would vanquish the age-old scourge of humanity—infectious disease. The emergence and then rampant spread of antibiotic resistance showed the arrogance of these claims.


 

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