Thomas Insel Quotations

By remaining in treatment, and working closely with clinicians to tailor the most appropriate next steps, many patients may find the best single or combination treatment that will enable them to become symptom-free.

These are urgent questions because we're talking about a lot of children and a tremendously disabling brain disease, which really robs a child and a family of the personhood of this child.

There may not be a magic bullet for schizophrenia,

The way I see it, there are three types of studies in science: one that moves a theory along, one that closes it and another that opens a new door altogether. This one opens a new chapter, introducing an entirely new molecular candidate for the study of anxiety, and we're going to be hearing a lot about it in the next 10 years.

One size doesn't fit all. The real question is, how do we predict who's going to respond? And how do we begin to individualize treatments, so they can ultimately be tailored to the person?

We have many more questions than answers right now.

You want to make certain that you don't do other things to make things worse,

The study has vital public health implications. It is the largest, longest and most comprehensive, independent trial ever done to examine existing therapies for this disease.