The Myth Of Mental Illness Instant

: It turns his struggle with life's "stresses and strains" into a medical pathology.

"You’re experiencing a classic case of Generalized Anxiety Disorder," Aris said, his pen hovering over a prescription pad. "It’s a chemical imbalance. A disease of the brain, much like diabetes is a disease of the pancreas." The Myth of Mental Illness

has a tumor. It can be seen on an MRI; its cells are demonstrably different from healthy ones. This is a physical illness —a deviation from the structural integrity of the body. : It turns his struggle with life's "stresses

Elias sat in a room that smelled of sterile pine and old paper, facing a man whose desk was a fortress of leather-bound manuals. The man, Dr. Aris, didn't look at Elias; he looked at a chart. A disease of the brain, much like diabetes

Dr. Aris finally looked up. For a moment, the fortress of manuals seemed thinner. "If it's not an illness, then what is it?"

: It allows institutions to define "deviant" behavior as "sick" to justify managing it . The Conflict