The first part of his treatment plan was for the patient to accept that they had a mental illness. He then worked with the mental illness and did not try to “cure” it and, therefore, did not treat the patron as if he or she had some kind of plague. The idea was to work with the illness not against it. If someone is blind, one doesn’t work with them by instilling delusions of their someday regaining their sight. One works with them to help them learn how to interact with the seeing world. Dr. Huxley worked with each of their illnesses on an individual basis. He believed and saw most of his
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