I believe in the next nine years a more permanent solution to mental illness will be available. It was believed that the nervous system was one of the few systems of the human body that could not be healed by modern medicine. The one exception is neuroplasticity. It is the idea that the brain can improve itself by creating new connections. For the brain to correct the damage and chemical imbalances to cure a mental disorder, it would need some guidance to the method it would use to improve. Therapies used to treat mental disorders will redirect their focus to permanently curing a mental disorder instead of just temporarily treating it. This idea has recently became more probable with treatments such as neurofeedback. Neurofeedback is a psychological
