Low level Quote by Mark Fisher

“The current ruling ontology denies any possibility of a social causation of mental illness. The chemico-biologization of mental illness is of course strictly commensurate…

— Mark Fisher

It goes without saying that all mental illnesses are neurologically instantiated. But this says nothing about their causation.

— Mark Fisher

“The true definition of mental illness is when the majority of your time is spent in the past or future, but rarely living in…

— Shannon L. Alder

“When mental [illness] increases until it reaches the danger point, do not exhaust yourself by efforts to trace back to original causes. Better accept…

— George Sand

If it is true, for instance, that depression is constituted by low serotonin levels, what still needs to be explained is why particular individuals…

— Mark Fisher

Mental illness doesn't choose the most talented or the smartest or the richest or the poorest. It shows no mercy and often arrives like…

— Steve Lopez

Most psychiatrists assume that mental illnesses such as depression are caused by chemical imbalances in the brain, which can be treated by drugs. But…

— Mark Fisher

No further evidence is needed to show that 'mental illness' is not the name of a biological condition whose nature awaits to be elucidated,…

— Thomas Szasz

Mental illness is a fact of life, like cancer or heart disease.

— Luciana Berger

“Capitalist realism insists on treating mental health as if it were a natural fact, like weather (but, then again, weather is no longer a…

— Mark Fisher

Mental disorders don't really live 'out there' waiting to be explained. They are constructs we have made up - and often not very compelling…

— Allen Frances

“The very use of the term "mental illness" (rather than, say, "neurosis", "insanity", "nervous breakdown", or other euphemisms) can be seen as an effort…

— Carl Elliott