| Abstract: | "There is no such thing as a 'mental illness' in any significantly meaningful sense. The plain fact is that the term 'mental illness' is applied in an indiscriminate way to a motley collection of interpersonal behavior patterns. Mental illness is a phenomenon involving interpersonal behavior, not a health or medical problem. Programs of alleviation and prevention must therefore rest upon a systematic understanding of interpersonal conduct. Suitable psychological terminology is badly needed to clarify numerous vaguely worded, inappropriately phrased and poorly understood questions in psychology today." (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
