The case for eliminating the concept of ‘mental health’

The case for eliminating the concept of ‘mental health’ - Theodore Dalrymple

• What is mental health? The only definition I can think of is the absence of outright lunacy

"The concept of mental health is a hypochondriac’s, narcissist’s, shirker’s and social security fraud’s charter: for who can prove that someone does not so feel depressed, anxious or grief-stricken that he is unable to work? 

Who can distinguish between “can’t,” “won’t” and “would rather not”?
Unfortunately, mental health has come to mean any deviance from a state of perfect equanimity and satisfaction...