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He also references Freud's views, emphasizing how the mental health field's expansion into treating ordinary life as psychopathology—viewing everyone as potentially ill—opened the door to overreach and misdiagnosis. Rosen warns that these ideological currents have contributed to a mental health landscape increasingly disconnected from medical facts.
The Unintended Consequences and the “Myths” We Live By
Rosen's critique culminates in a sobering reflection on the myths surrounding mental illness and societal progress. He highlights how the liberal reforms aimed at humane treatment—like community mental health centers—ended up neglecting the sickest patients, as their needs were too complex and severe for the system's capacity.