Man is a social being. Factors such as political conflict, social tension and
economic stress affect his mental health. Such factors are at least as important as
biological factors. Frantz Fanon paid particular attention to these social
problems and his brand of political psychiatry is as relevant today as it was
during his time. Alienation and oppression still exist. Unemployment is
widespread and tyrannical rulers still oppress their people. Mental illness cannot
be solved by drugs but by changes in the political and social order.
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