Second, a model of individual pathology is invaluable to politicians. They don’t need to spend money on prevention programs to address the psycho-social problems –overwhelming stress, poverty, discrimination, child neglect and abuse, and loneliness, to name but a few – that research has repeatedly demonstrated play a large role in undermining mental health.
其次，一种个体病理学的模式对政客们而言是无价之宝。他们不需要在应对心理社会问题的预防性项目上花钱。而科学研究已经无数次地表明无法承受的压力、贫穷、歧视、忽视和虐待儿童以及孤独等不一而足的问题为精神健康埋下了巨大的隐患。