"Arguably the biggest cause of human misery is miserable 
relationships with other people, conducted in miserable circumstances.

"[T]he evidence of a link between childhood misfortune and future 
psychiatric disorder is about as strong statistically as the link 
between smoking and lung cancer.

"[P]ortraying mental ill health simply as brain disease can only 
increase  [prejudice] diverts our attention away from other ways in 
which we can help patients, stops us from building a healthier world, 
and encourages in patients alienation, pessimism and a deep despair."

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/feb/26/mental-illness-misery-childhood-traumas




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