The 1994 book on which he collaborated with Anthony Clare, Depression and How to Survive It, paints an unflinching portrait of the two strands of mental illness, the unresolved argument with himself which Milligan experienced throughout his adult life.
The writer probed Ayers' past, talked to professionals, and explored his own relationship with the man whose mental illness remains unresolved.
For example, follow-up visits 2 and 3 focused on care for patients with unresolved STI or other illnesses after completing one course of antibiotics.
Ant talks quite openly about his mental illness, but seems unresolved about medication; he knows he's not well, but the drugs that stabilise his mind also anaesthetise his creativity, and if that is the price he must pay for sanity, he's not sure if it is worth it.
Why certain infections in some people lead to severe disease, while others have a mild illness, is an unresolved mystery.
There are a multitude of unresolved, practically relevant areas on this illness that need to be addressed by further research.
Participants who had provided first aid reported feeling reasonably successful in their intervention, however, many went on to explain that the unresolved nature of the person's illness contributed to their sense that their intervention was not a complete success.
The more difficult the illness experience and the more unresolved the emotional impact of the breast cancer, the less women felt in control of their risk.
The editors of a 2000 book, "Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy Abuse: A Practical Approach," warn doctors that "factitious illness should be considered in any unresolved clinical problems in childhood".
As stated by Manu [ 78], page 173: «... more than any other issue in contemporary medicine, chronic fatigue syndrome reflects the unresolved conflict between the mechanistic and the biopsychosocial construct of illness».
