The rant is entirely justified. I also think that “anxiety” is just such a broad category that it misses the source of the anxiety at times and the changes in the brain that occur, especially when those happen early in life. Quick fixes and easy cures are not it. That is not to say that there are not effective ways to manage anxiety and other illnesses, but thinking about it as management instead of cure is a necessary step. That also doesn’t mean that there won’t be times when the illness is better or worse.

I’m sorry that you have encountered a lot of folks who have been pushing thin solutions. I have to admit that my wife and I do have a book that our agent is shopping around. And my hope is that we have written something that is more “real” and realistic. What I have also found in the publishing arena is a push to call things “cure” not management, which as a clinician I think is dishonest. Publishers are trying to sell something just as the pharmaceutical companies are. Without going on a personal rant here too, I think inserting the profit motive so strongly into healthcare is part of the problem.