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He discusses the dangerous implications of viewing mental illness solely through social or cultural lenses. Rosen criticizes the tendency to reframe severe mental illnesses like schizophrenia as non-organic, socially created conditions exacerbated by environmental factors like poverty. He explains that such views distort reality, ignoring biological and organic factors that require medical attention. Rosen also references Freud's notion that all of life’s struggles are rooted in childhood repression, which further homogenizes mental health issues into psychological narratives rather than emphasizing biological necessity.