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Mental Health Support

No Vested Interest

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3. The term "mental illness" is so broad it lacks any real meaning.

Reply to mopinko (Original post)

Mon Mar 30, 2015, 12:35 PM

Mar 2015

Too all-encompassing without giving enough specifics to explain what's really going on.

"Mental illness" also leads to the expectation that a "fix" or "cure" is possible, as in medication, when some psychological problems are immutable, as in personality disorders.

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keep fighting the good fight, folks. [View all] mopinko Mar 2015 OP

the older i get, the more i dislike that term fizzgig Mar 2015 #1

it deserves to be buried. mopinko Mar 2015 #2

Hell, my mom got blamed for my asthma... hunter Mar 2015 #4

i found the attitude so disturbing when dealing w troubled teens. mopinko Mar 2015 #6

The term "mental illness" is so broad it lacks any real meaning. No Vested Interest Mar 2015 #3

Modern meds work well enough for me. hunter Mar 2015 #5

Hunter, we celebrate that you've had great results with meds and have No Vested Interest Mar 2015 #7

I'm not fixed or cured in any way, nor am in a place I "want to be." hunter Mar 2015 #8

Well, Hunter, I've read your postings over time and as far as I'm concerned No Vested Interest Mar 2015 #11

"Treatment" is also pretty nebulous HereSince1628 Mar 2015 #9

The copilot could have been acutely mentally ill, but here is what bugs me... HereSince1628 Mar 2015 #10

I never got my picture taken for the high school or college yearbooks. hunter Mar 2015 #12

And now video from the plane as it crashes? WTF?? HereSince1628 Mar 2015 #13

Apparently released by unknown sources to a FRENCH magazine. Bias? Perhaps HereSince1628 Mar 2015 #14