The Worst Catastrophe
Whether we think of certain concepts as tools or technology (see Peter Hershock on this distinction; a discussion of it can be found here), concepts allow us to see and do things we couldn’t without them. The concept of mental health is much more than simply the modifier “mental” to the preexisting concept of bodily health. Mental health comes with a number of assumptions and values that inform how we see persons and evaluate their well-being, who is responsible for…