> Importantly, what we call psychosis can also be a response to extreme stress or trauma. For many people it might best be understood as... a coping strategy go

> Importantly, what we call psychosis can also be a response to extreme stress or trauma. For many people it might best be understood as... a coping strategy gone awry or a form of storytelling carried out within the mind as a response to unbearable life events. This. The day that mental health professionals realize this is the day that we start improving outcomes. > there is no uncontroversial language when talking about mental illness – and that includes the phrase “mental illness” Glad the author brought up this important point. “Illness” is bogus because it implies disease/biomarkers for which there is no evidence as the article states. A more useful term would be “mental injury” as it frames the symptoms as a result of trauma. But I think the best term is simply “trauma” or “developmental trauma” when it goes back to childhood.