Tag: mental health symptoms
Are They âSymptomsâ or âStrategies?â
In the mainstream, psychological difficulties are seen as âsymptomsâ of an âillnessâ or âmental disorderâ and based on this the focus is put on suppressing them, either by using drugs, or shock, or by psychological interventions that also aim to âeliminate the problem.â Unfortunately, this mainstream approach often works poorly, and too often its main effect is to aggravate the problem, or to cause âcollateral damageâ as critically important parts of the person are suppressed along with the supposed âsymptoms.â But if we want to replace the mainstream approach, we need a coherent alternative view.