[cgbg]

This was long predicted by Thomas Szasz.

He argued that historically “mental illness” was a cultural artifact (except in the cases of physical brain injury).

Short version—”Mental illness” is whatever the thugs in charge say it is.

[ptsal]

The new paradigm is here.

[amihow]

Didn’t Szasz also say something about the mental illness being present in the culture itself?

[NorthMountain]

Short version—”Mental illness” is whatever the thugs in charge say it is.

Wrong. The belief that cutting a man's genitals off and carving out a cavity in his crotch makes him a woman is nuts regardless of the "thugs in charge".