As a former psychiatric nurse with a graduate education and nearly thirty years of experience in inpatient work, I can only say that as diagnosis becomes more and more sophisticated--and we see each person's "tiny flaws," we can hardly finance treatment and disability for billions of people--although people have come to expect it. It is NOT that there shouldn't be alleviation of suffering--I'm ALL for a new world order of joy and peace, but I'm not so certain it will come through psychiatric care (there isn't enough and, in many cases it isn't the whole answer) Looking at the world since psychiatry has entered--do you think it has really made the world a better place? We did much better when the mentally ill were made into "shaman" and treated with respect and honor--and expected to produce and help the rest of the community survive, too. The mentally ill are stigmatized, alienated, and left out--I think of that as a direct result of psychiatric practices and principals (although I am not denigrating the marvelous and dedicated psychiatrists who have spent their lives dedicated to the cause). I, myself, as a former practitioner know the "system" is at fault. We have "babied" the psychiatric patients who no longer feel they can participate in society or work. We do not allow them to work. We do not help them to work; it is too hard and we are too impatient. Furthermore, often there is no pay for the kind of work they can do, so they give up. Some kind of creative thought must be given to ways to utilize these people in the needs of the community to survive must be considered. They must participate in that, too! Let's get to work!