Further to points about "mental illness" I will add these three points:-
A metaphorical illness is a metaphor not an illness. (Szasz says this and with reason).
A brain disease is a brain disease not a mental illness.
What psychiatrists are dealing with, or what they should be dealing with, is not illness but problems in living. (Szasz says this and with reason).
A metaphorical illness is a metaphor not an illness. (Szasz says this and with reason).
A brain disease is a brain disease not a mental illness.
What psychiatrists are dealing with, or what they should be dealing with, is not illness but problems in living. (Szasz says this and with reason).