I found a really interesting article from the New York Times, published in 2010, called The Americanization of Mental Illness.

The article discusses mental health in terms of the suffer's culture. Although it discusses schizophrenia and anorexia, it's applicable to mental illness in general.

What is really interesting is the result of a study that evaluated how people treat those with mental illness that resulted either from their environment or biology - the result is surprising.

I think this article is good because it challenges how we think about and treat mental health. It also encourages empathy.

The article appeared in the NYT but I found a link to a PDF copy.

https://nevillepark.ca/wp-content/up...ytimes-com.pdf