Dr. Eric Bender

I think whenever anybody's saying, this is going to cure everything, this is going to cure everybody, I'm very suspicious.

What about the word cure in psychiatry?

So cure, that's a great question.

What does cure mean?

Does it mean you no longer meet criteria for this diagnosis?

That could be.

But what I often tell people, because they'll come into my office and say, I want to leave all this behind.

I don't want to do this ever again.

And the conversation I frequently have with people is,

I think we need to look at it differently.

This is always going to be a part of you.

It is always gonna be painful when you think about this.

How do we help you move along with it?

So is that the cure?

You learn how to move along with these things and you know how to dial down the volume like it's a radio knob.

Like it's always gonna be there.

Just do we know how to mute it?

Do we know how to get it so it's not affecting everything?

So I think cure is really kind of an interesting thing.

Yeah, I mean, I've seen this diet will help you.