The term"mental illness" is outdated and harmful!
Channel: gerlach
Date: 2011-10-25

A veteran trauma-recovery therapist proposes that most non-organic abnormal behaviors are symptoms of psychological wounds, NOT a "sickness" or "illness." These wounds result from early-childhood trauma and parental and societal ignorance and unawareness. The diagnosis of "mental illness" promotes using drugs to treat the SYMPTOMS of such wounds - which inhibits reducing them thru appropriate individual and family therapy. So - use "wounded," not "sick" or "ill"! For more perspective, see http://sfhelp.org/gwc/m_illness.htm