Opinion: The importance of medication for treating mental illness

Dr. Austin Mardon, a former NASA Antarctic researcher, has been taking medications for the treatment of his schizophrenia for the past 25 years. Mardon is an advocate for people with mental illnesses and a firm believer in the use of mental illness medication.
Over the past few decades, advances in neuroscience, psychology, and genetics have greatly increased our knowledge about the nature of mental disorders. Cures for many disorders are still beyond our grasp, but our improved understanding me