> to my mind that is one heck of a lot of despair and hopelessness and pain > which NEED NOT BE > since the major cause of suicide is depression > which is CURABLE Not to belabor this discussion - but, I don't know why you think CD is 'curable'. The same folks who tout that philosophy would also say that PD is curable - afterall, we do have drugs that alleviate symptoms, right?? Although medication can be effective in treating CD, the disease cycles the same way other mental illnesses do. When a person is in remission it might appear that they are cured - but in reality, the disease is merely contained. ---- God bless Mary Ann