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Skip to content US EDITION OF THE WORLD’S OLDEST MAGAZINE * POLITICS * CULTURE * LIFE * PODCASTS * MAGAZINE * NEWSLETTERS * LOGIN * ACCOUNT * Subscribe * Account * Login * Logout Health THE CASE FOR ELIMINATING THE CONCEPT OF ‘MENTAL HEALTH’ What is mental health? The only definition I can think of is the absence of outright lunacy March 2, 2024 | 7:02 pm Written By: Theodore Dalrymple Share Share THE CASE FOR ELIMINATING THE CONCEPT OF ‘MENTAL HEALTH’ By Theodore Dalrymple https://thespectator.com/topic/case-eliminating-concept-mental-health/ copy Facebook Twitter Print LinkedIn Messenger Email Text Text Size Small Medium Large Line Spacing Small Normal Large 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 Fragile mental health, and especially mental health issues, are said to be preventing large numbers of young people from working, with British people in their early twenties now more likely to be out of work than people in… By Theodore Dalrymple RELATED STORIES * Robert Hur’s brutal report should mark the beginning of the end of the Biden era * The key to peace of mind? Repressing your feelings * A trip through plants and their chemicals READ NEXT * Middle East Why the Iranian people have had enough By Jawad Iqbal * Sports Soccer obviously has a doping problem By Damian Reilly * Film Dune: Part Two and Paul’s struggle By Aaron Gwyn * Health The case for eliminating the concept of ‘mental health’ By Theodore Dalrymple * Health The reality of ‘living with obesity’ By Laurie Graham * Book Review Gary Cross’s Free Time explores the history of leisure By Tom Hodgkinson -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe today -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Facebook Link * Twitter THE SPECTATOR WORLD * About * Contact * Subscribe * Privacy Policy * Terms and Conditions Search Search MORE INFORMATION * The Spectator UK * The Spectator Australia * Apollo Magazine PODCASTS * The District * Americano Web-only content Copyright © 2023 The Spectator // Magazine content Copyright © 2023 The Spectator * * * SEARCH RESULTS Magnifying Glass Search Close search results FiltersShow filters Sort by: Relevance•Newest•Oldest NO RESULTS FOUND FILTER OPTIONS Close Search