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I thought it was interesting in class when we read over the NIMH statement: "The mission of NIMH is to transform the understanding and treatment of mental illnesses through basic and clinical research, paving the way for prevention, recovery and cure." that there seemed to be a lot of opposition to the use of the word cure. Many of us feel that mental illness should be treated as physical illness, and that treating it as such will destigmatize mental illness. Along those lines of thinking it seems perfectly reasbonable to search for a cure, just like scientist would search for a cure for physical illness. I wonder if perhaps the opposition to the word cure might stem from the desire to reverse the stigma, because the word cure was once used in a different fashion (ie we might think of a quick fix, labatomy, etc). I'm not sure if this is just semantics or actually a fundamental issue.