Here’s Bruce McEwen, speaking at the 2006 Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association: The brain is very resilient. Give it a chance and it will make every effort to repair itself. A combination of psychotherapy, cognitive behaviour therapy and pharmaceuticals could actually change the brain and restore it more or less to normal. When even neuroscientists are telling us that therapy can restore the brain to normal function, we should sit up and take notice. Or start talking. The

