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After agreeing with Katy in the class discussion, I want to agree with her digitally.  

As I said in class, all of the models of mental health that we have discussed - "culture as disability," "Dr. Grobstein's neuro/bio/cultural model," "Georgia Griffin's revised scientific model"- seem to promote this idea of acceptance in one way or another.  In other words, we shouldn't try to "fix" mental "illness," we should strive to erase the fact that we even see anything to fix.   

I don't feel like I can effectively argue against any of these right now, nor do I think I want to...  In fact, I think I would say I agree with the direction that they all suggest - for not only mental health but health care in general.    

That being said... If I am to to discard the cultural framework I have been working in... the idea of a healthy/ill dichotomy... even my beliefs that an organ should function in a certain way... in the interest of being less wrong, I feel like I don't have any ground to stand on anymore.

How can we come up with a practical solution from all this?  While some people might be more than happy to have the healthy/ill dichotomy erased (the deaf community is an example that comes to mind), as Katy and sgibbs said, we can't deny that there are a large number of people who are not happy with their mental states and who want help.  

In the bio/neuro/cultural model, it was suggested that we cannot wait around for medicine to try and figure things out. We need to address the problem that is facing us NOW.  We need a solution.  Do we have one?  I'm left with a feeling of "what now?"