Question

Is mental illness a myth?

Do you agree or disagree with Thomas Szasz's proposition that so-called mental illnesses are really "problems in living" rather than products of underlying disease?

Does the concept mental illness, as Szasz claimed, "obscure the everyday fact that life for most people is a continuous struggle."  

Answer 1

Thomas Szasz proved taht unlike true diseaseses of the brain and the body, mental illness ia a destructive social construct that medicalizes living and deprives people of their dignity. Szaza's ideas are always controversialduring his life time, and they started to fuel around the discourse the topic and legalization of the drugs.

the term mental illness is widely used to describe something hich is very different the disease of the brain.mental illness as a deformity of the personality is regarded as the cause of the human disharmony.. Mental illness is really a problem for living and is a hardship for the person to survive in the society. Even for the family members the situation will be critical to see the child in the situation. mental disorder which will not be cured by drugs is a continuous struggle for the family for the whole life. The psychological factors in the family also get disturbed.