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Dr. Arthur Kleinman is a professor and a pioneering figure in medical anthropology and the author of numerous influential works. Kleinman has devoted his life to understanding illness experience, mental health and stigma, and forms of care and caregiving globally.

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Today, our view of genuine reality is increasingly clouded by professionals whose technical expertise often introduces a superficial and soulless model of the person that denies moral significance. Perhaps the most devastating example for human values is the process of medicalization through which ordinary unhappiness and normal bereavement have been transformed into clinical depression, existential angst turned into anxiety disorders, and the moral consequences of political violence recast as post-traumatic stress disorder. That is, suffering is redefined as mental illness and treated by professional experts, typically with medication. I believe that this diminishes the person,

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Mental health needs to be a global humanitarian and development priority - and a priority in every country, we need to provide treatment, now, to those who need it most, and in the communities where they live. Until we do, mental illness will continue to eclipse the potential of people and economies.

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