Acharya Prashant distinguishes between physical brain disorders and mental illnesses, noting that while the brain is a physical organ, the mind is subtle. He explains that most mental health issues occur at the level of the mind rather than the brain, yet conventional medicine often treats only the physical symptoms. He argues that while medication can suppress the physical manifestations of a mental disorder, it does not cure the underlying cause. Quoting Kabir Saheb, he emphasizes that those separated from the Truth or the Divine suffer from a spiritual longing that no medicine or mantra can cure. He asserts that conditions like depression and anxiety are fundamentally spiritual in nature, arising from a distance from one's true self and peace. Therefore, the only real cure for such ailments is to enter deeply into spirituality and align one's existence with the Truth, as the disease persists as long as the center of one's being is misplaced.